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[–] pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Come and work with public goods too. Retroactive and deep funding are a thing too

[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 10 hours ago

I'm not opposed to be honest. Know any projects looking for Go devs?

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 53 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

I've been a software developer for the better part of 20 years and I'm so fed up with this whole situation. Time for a new career.

[–] Bo7a@lemmy.ca 44 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (5 children)

My CV looks something like:

  • Jr Support agent > Sr Support agent > Lead Support agent
  • Tech engineer
  • DevOps engineer
  • DevOps lead
  • Sysadmin > Sr SA > lead SA
  • Technical Architect> Solution Architect > Sr Arch > Enterprise Arch
  • Director of IT
  • Raising chickens

Chickens might shit everywhere, scream constantly, and flap their wings just to get attention, much like managers. But they can't make you polish that shit into a product to sell. And if one gets out of line you can just eat them.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 16 minutes ago

And if one gets out of line you can just eat them

Same with managers. It's frowned upon, but don't let that stop you

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

But they can't make you polish that shit into a product to sell

You're probably aware, but the product (eggs) comes from the same place as the shit. At least for chickens anyway, never seen the anatomy of a manager, but I hear they're invertebrates so it may be slightly different.

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 1 points 3 hours ago

It's the opposite: your table scraps are their chickeny gold 🥹

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 10 hours ago

I thought a lot about getting out of tech about eight years ago. I landed on becoming a history professor as the role that would be most fulfilling. I hated school and I would hate getting accredited, but I believe I'd be able to impart the joy of history to a handful of students. Too bad I hated school. I'm still in tech.

If I could swap to chickens, that'd be interesting. Buckawk.

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 14 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Same. I'm hoping for the teacher shortage to increase, I might make the switch if the barriers come down. I'd love to teach children to code, I have fond memories of my IT teacher back in the day. His lessons on TurboPascal taught me a lot.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

Ah, good old Turbo Pascal

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 19 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 34 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

rent ain't gonna pay itself lol.

But I'm working towards it

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 20 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah. I hate that the choice is between being miserable or being able to pay the bills. FML

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 5 points 14 hours ago (5 children)

Imagine being born 10,000 years ago where all your work for sustenance would fit in 4 hours weekly...

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 0 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

No one, 10000 years ago, was only "working" 4 hours a day. This is garbage.

For most humans the fight for survival it was constant and grueling and frequently unsuccessful.. Shelter was hardly a thing. You most likely died by your 30s. Etc.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

It was in between the two extremes. It was like four hours a day on average of active hunting/gathering for some members of a group, others spent like 4 hours a day cooking/making clothes/building shelter. They had extended periods where they were sheltered from the weather, celebrating holidays, etc.

Hell, most animals only spend a limited number of hours per day actively surviving and have a significant amount of time resting or sheltering from weather.

And life expectancy was skewed by infant deaths. Sure, injury and death weren't uncommon in their 30s but that is when humans are at their peak physical condition and most people who survived childhood made it to their 50s even if they had some lifelong injuries.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 0 points 2 hours ago

Yeah sounds awesome

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 18 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Imagine being born 10000 years ago where chances that you died before adulthood were significant and even a minor infected cut would likely mean your death, not to mention any more serious injury such as a broken bone 🥰

Don't get me wrong I hate modern wage slavery just as you do but I also appreciate not being dead yet just because I had a rough accident three years ago.

[–] vala@lemmy.world 1 points 54 minutes ago

This is a bit of an exaggeration. There's evidence that prehistoric societies mended broken bones and sometimes even skull fractures.

Average life expectancy stats are pretty skewed by infant mortality rates.

As one example, Otzi the "ice man" had several broken bones early in his life and survived a pretty long time after that.

https://www.iceman.it/en/the-mummy/

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 2 hours ago

If you made it to five you'd be fine

[–] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 11 points 13 hours ago

The fuck is this hog wash?

[–] 7empest@beehaw.org 2 points 11 hours ago

That mammoth, sabre tooth or slow human from another tribe isnt going down without a fight.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Ehhh… If you don't get killed catching your meal or die from the wound sustained in doing so, sure. I'll take the medicine future, thanks.

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 2 points 9 hours ago

And you'll be needing that medicine to be able to cope.

[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 10 points 14 hours ago

"Why dont you just have AI do that?"

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 0 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Vibe coding L

Like I use a lot of ai but u gotta be specific and understand the architecture lol.