I don’t know you, but I’ll give you an example of someone I do know
Didn’t give a crap about computers throughout highschool. Didn’t really know what he wanted to do in general
Picks computer science last minute because it supposedly makes a lot of money
Cruised through shitty community college doing the bare minimum, no side projects or any sign he’s even interested
At graduation time, he barely knows how to code. Has a github profile with some homework assignments he was forced to do
Is part of the job market now, competing against you and me.
I don’t know if he’s employed as a software engineer right now, but I’ve worked with people who obviously fit the same profile. People who expect real work to be as simple as submitting a homework assignment last minute using shit you copy pasted from SO (or I guess ChatGPT now), and then fucking off to enjoy life while your coworkers are burdened by your incompetence.
This is a field where actually giving a shit is a requirement.
Sir, I need money for food.
Yeah I know. That’s why I work too.
I still think this field has been wrecked with greed and enshittification.
I think that should be directed towards the top, not people working for a living.
I don’t know you, but I’ll give you an example of someone I do know
Didn’t give a crap about computers throughout highschool. Didn’t really know what he wanted to do in general
Picks computer science last minute because it supposedly makes a lot of money
Cruised through shitty community college doing the bare minimum, no side projects or any sign he’s even interested
At graduation time, he barely knows how to code. Has a github profile with some homework assignments he was forced to do
Is part of the job market now, competing against you and me.
I don’t know if he’s employed as a software engineer right now, but I’ve worked with people who obviously fit the same profile. People who expect real work to be as simple as submitting a homework assignment last minute using shit you copy pasted from SO (or I guess ChatGPT now), and then fucking off to enjoy life while your coworkers are burdened by your incompetence.
This is a field where actually giving a shit is a requirement.
Devs who are devs for no other reason than money and who don’t give a shit about the quality of their work are a problem.