Programming is like the only thing I enjoy that pays money, fortunately it pays pretty well. I'm a CS major now but I feel like I'm betraying my values by doing something that pays so well. I know it's not necessarily bourgeois, definitely petite bourgeois but idk it still feels kinda gross

  • Classic_Agency [he/him,comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    I'm doing an engineering degree, I really like it but I see how bougie the occupation is and it kinda puts me off. Most engineering jobs are just you working at some big firm building shit that makes money rather than actually improving the lives of people (which is why I wanted to do eng in the first place). Being an engineer under socialism would be a dream come true for me because I would know for sure that my work would directly go into helping others.

    • crushendo [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I'm lucky my younger self had strong anti military instincts and a penchant for the outdoors, which steered me into agricultural engineering. It still takes some effort to maneuver into something actually useful, as a ton of people just end up helping silicon valley types try to "disrupt" farming. but after going back to grad school, I'm on my way to working in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in ag

      • Classic_Agency [he/him,comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        a ton of people just end up helping silicon valley types try to “disrupt” farming.

        This is exactly the type of shit I am talking about. I don't want to be doing that and anyone who wants a meaningful career shouldn't want to do that either.

    • pooh [she/her, any]
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      4 years ago

      Being an engineer under socialism would be a dream come true for me because I would know for sure that my work would directly go into helping others.

      I feel like community makerspaces are a practical application of this. Obviously, it's not actual socialism, but it's essentially a community library for tools and engineering knowledge. I'd love to be involved with something like that myself, but it would take a bit of money to get it started. Even better would be a network of community workshops that share designs, best practices, lesson plans, etc.

    • 420sixtynine [any,comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      My dad is a mechanical engineer doing something with nuclear waste idk (we actually have one of the highest engineers per capita here) and the engineers here definitely don't act bougie. There are definitely jobs in engineering that aren't part of the military industrial complex they just aren't as promoted