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Thank you for creating non-fiction!
That was by accident!
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Despair, Resignation, Apathy. Thank you for adhering to our company values.
Thank you. I struggle with this. I was so optimistic about technology when I was younger. Now, not as much.
Thanks, one of your best
This is how my Dad feels after designing switches for smartphones. He’s always proud to say that there’s likely a piece of technology in your hand that he’s designed, but he also hates phones.
FUCK AUTO CORRECT
Like data switches or the physical buttons?
It’s on the chips. It’s similar to a data switch, but on a waaaaaaay smaller scale. If you have an Android device, it’s in there.
We’ve argued about this a lot. He doesn’t like to call them that.
I have half of an idea as to what I’m talking about, I am NOT an electrical engineer.
The term “electronic switch” is so old. He doesn’t like to use it anymore. Saying “data” helps specify what you’re talking about, but it’s a misnomer because the switch may serve another function. It’s a whole thing, man.
Could be worse; they could be a product manager
I’ve seen all these complaints for the product owner/manager doing nothing and maybe I have different experiences, but the one in my team seems to say least somewhat keep up with what the business wants and what the developers can accomplish. Albeit still just a middle manager that doesn’t do much actual work. The scrum master on the other hand does literally nothing but pretend to act as a bad babysitter for the team and doesn’t provide anything. Can’t truly grasp what he gets paid for other than having a scrum master certificate (presumably writing his name in crayon on it).
Damn, this is a deep cut.
We tech workers really are class traitors.
No we aren’t one cartoon doesn’t define you.
Now if you’re coding something intentionally addicting and soul crushing yes you’re bad.
Ofc. We’re class traitors, but also victims. We have slightly more bargaining power (for now) than the average worker, so I think we deserve that much more flak.
Everything can be rationalized away, but if you can answer hate and fear with love and understanding, nothing in the 'Verse can stop us.
I can rationalize the top monsters behaviour back to childhood trauma, and I can see how even the last factory worker can be the same level of responsible as the president of the United States.
The key for me is finding personal responsibility for myself. I was never taught how to take proper care of myself (emotionally mainly), and I think this might be endemic to society. I might be projecting.
I think we all project but just lie to ourselves about it. Maybe I’m projecting though too
Bro you might be I just make cataloguing software for libraries and shit. There are massive swathes of the tech industry that aren’t FAANG and sketchy startups.
