I say partly because the real reason this narrative persists is because for "devs" (those who program as end, not means) it is virtuous to be "passionate about coding" and part of that is starting young for nonmaterial reasons
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Replying to @alicemazzy @drethelin
Yeah, people who love a craft as end not as means are usually better at it. & there probably will always be some for any craft that takes actual skill.
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Replying to @s_r_constantin @drethelin
I seriously think those people are fewer than those pretending to be them because mythical man month and the stack overflow blogger guys say that's the only kind of person worth hiring
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in no subfield is this worse than infosec, where employees argue vehemently that they would quit if an employer tried to enforce work-life balance because they're so obsessed with their craft but also literally everyone is an alcoholic
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Replying to @s_r_constantin @drethelin
not that my motives are so virtuous! I don't care about work-life balance (I mean, obviously) but have little use for "passionate coder check my github" types
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Tech/coding in the 2010s seems remarkable to me as a career where you can get a decent job *without* being passionate about it. In stark contrast to other things people I know try to do like academia, policy, nonprofit work, art, journalism.
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Finance?
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There are corners of finance that look like tech in this respect, but overall it seems to do more of the very-long-hours-to-signal-commitment thing, with initial pay per hour significantly lower than tech and only rising after you win some tournaments.
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Replying to @threestationsq @s_r_constantin and
For people I know giving up on (academia, policy, nonprofit work, art, journalism) and looking for a second-choice career to pay the bills, I think tech is usually a much better and more feasible option than finance.
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Oh for sure. Finance requires optimizing your life around it from an early age. It just doesn’t require *intrinsic* motivation.
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