I'm not burned out, I'm pissed off
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I'm not burned out, I'm pissed off
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Re: I'm not burned out, I'm pissed off
#2What you gonna do about it?
Re: I'm not burned out, I'm pissed off
#3As well he should be. So should we all.
Re: I'm not burned out, I'm pissed off
#4What you gonna do about it?
You mean the last three paragraphs titled "So what am I going to do about it?"?
Re: I'm not burned out, I'm pissed off
#5This is the down-side of artificial scarcity for software. The upside is that sweet sweet green. If you could remain cynical a few years longer, scrimp and save like 10 years of a comfy mid 6 figure salary, you'd stop caring about the BS, and you'd might even learn to love it (or even contribute to it!) After all, nothing quite feels as good as being a well-paid expert in a complicated field, especially when it grows more complicated over time.
It's offensive, and it's not how it should be, it's a "defect/defect" Nash equilibrium when we should be going for "cooperate/cooperate". So kudos to you for fighting the good fight - you deserve to win.
Re: I'm not burned out, I'm pissed off
#6This is the down-side of artificial scarcity for software. The upside is that sweet sweet green. If you could remain cynical a few years longer, scrimp and save like 10 years of a comfy mid 6 figure salary, you'd stop caring about the BS, and you'd might even learn to love it (or even contribute to it!) After all, nothing quite feels as good as being a well-paid expert in a complicated field, especially when it grows…
> artificial scarcity for software
Can you elaborate on this? Why would you say there is artificial scarcity for software?
Re: I'm not burned out, I'm pissed off
#7This is the down-side of artificial scarcity for software. The upside is that sweet sweet green. If you could remain cynical a few years longer, scrimp and save like 10 years of a comfy mid 6 figure salary, you'd stop caring about the BS, and you'd might even learn to love it (or even contribute to it!) After all, nothing quite feels as good as being a well-paid expert in a complicated field, especially when it grows…
> artificial scarcity for software Can you elaborate on this? Why would you say there is artificial scarcity for software?
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Re: I'm not burned out, I'm pissed off
#8I think this person should seek happiness in ways that don't involve technology.
Re: I'm not burned out, I'm pissed off
#9This is the down-side of artificial scarcity for software. The upside is that sweet sweet green. If you could remain cynical a few years longer, scrimp and save like 10 years of a comfy mid 6 figure salary, you'd stop caring about the BS, and you'd might even learn to love it (or even contribute to it!) After all, nothing quite feels as good as being a well-paid expert in a complicated field, especially when it grows…
> artificial scarcity for software Can you elaborate on this? Why would you say there is artificial scarcity for software?
I assume they're talking about the fact that software can be replicated at no cost but is constrained by pricepoints, encrypted code, licensing agreements, versioning flags, and so on. It's been artificially constrained in code.
Re: I'm not burned out, I'm pissed off
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
> artificial scarcity for software Can you elaborate on this? Why would you say there is artificial scarcity for software?
I assume they're talking about the fact that software can be replicated at no cost but is constrained by pricepoints, encrypted code, licensing agreements, versioning flags, and so on. It's been artificially constrained in code.
Correct. Although the constraints often involve code, they don't have to. Enterprise license agreements are ultimately enforced with threat of legal action, coin-op arcade games by a physical mechanism, for example.