Current programmer, it's really not hard work, and doesn't take "a certain kind of person." What this guy is saying is beyond service workers isn't even programming, and could literally be done by anyone.
Sure, there are some jobs where you legit need to be a fucking genius, like something in defense or 3d rendering or advanced algorithms or whatever, but the vast majority of the jobs out there range between tortuously banal to active waste of everyone's time.
Almost anyone can do it at the level most jobs require. No one wants to do it, because it's skull crushingly tedious as a profession unless you get very lucky.
Part of what pushed me so hard left is the vast chasm between how little work I actually do and my compensation, especially compared to my peers, who work ten times as hard for less than half the pay in fields people actually need.
Tbh, in my experience, I think even for defense, 3DCG or research, you don't necessarily need to be a genius as long as you're good at (mainly) linear algebra.
legit need to be a fucking genius, like something in defense
No way. Everyone I knew that ended up at a defense contractor was borderline incompetent, didn't know or care wtf a 'yemen' is, but knew how to be polite and piss clean.
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Current programmer, it's really not hard work, and doesn't take "a certain kind of person." What this guy is saying is beyond service workers isn't even programming, and could literally be done by anyone.
Sure, there are some jobs where you legit need to be a fucking genius, like something in defense or 3d rendering or advanced algorithms or whatever, but the vast majority of the jobs out there range between tortuously banal to active waste of everyone's time.
Almost anyone can do it at the level most jobs require. No one wants to do it, because it's skull crushingly tedious as a profession unless you get very lucky.
Part of what pushed me so hard left is the vast chasm between how little work I actually do and my compensation, especially compared to my peers, who work ten times as hard for less than half the pay in fields people actually need.
Tbh, in my experience, I think even for defense, 3DCG or research, you don't necessarily need to be a genius as long as you're good at (mainly) linear algebra.
No way. Everyone I knew that ended up at a defense contractor was borderline incompetent, didn't know or care wtf a 'yemen' is, but knew how to be polite and piss clean.
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