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Why software engineers are grieving

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Re: Why software engineers are grieving

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Post by bitlad »

sroerick wrote: post #6

Its okay to be a tradesman. You don't have to join a cult and save the world. Work is hard and unpleasant. That's okay.

I dont think it is okay. If you spending 8-12h per week then you it needs to mean something. If you dont care, you are throwing away majority of your life without meaning.

Re: Why software engineers are grieving

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Post by mrsilencedogood »

qweqwe14 wrote: post #4

Claude, generate an article that will get to HN front page. Make no mistakes.

"For most of the last 20 years, the software industry sold more than jobs. It sold a story."

This "It's not (just) X, it's Y." pattern is so LLM-y it's almost hard to read it now.

Re: Why software engineers are grieving

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Post by lwhi »

I think I'm also grieving loss.

I'm at a time in my life where I most probably have 15 to 20 years of gainful employment left in me.

Perhaps too little time to retrain; but definitely too much time to retire comfortably now.

A midlife crisis, coupled with an existential crisis.

I thought I had a clear route ahead. What do I do when everything I've learnt and dedicated myself to, is no longer valuable?

Re: Why software engineers are grieving

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Post by qweqwe14 »

mrsilencedogood wrote: post #12
qweqwe14 wrote: post #4

Claude, generate an article that will get to HN front page. Make no mistakes.

"For most of the last 20 years, the software industry sold more than jobs. It sold a story." This "It's not (just) X, it's Y." pattern is so LLM-y it's almost hard to read it now.

This one is so riddled with this LLM language it makes me think it's on purpose

Re: Why software engineers are grieving

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Post by xpct »

I think if change was fast it'd be less painful. Dragging this out is what makes it so. LLMs being as unreliable as they are, and being gaslit about model capabilities every other week burns you out fast.

Re: Why software engineers are grieving

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Post by Tade0 »

mrsilencedogood wrote: post #12
qweqwe14 wrote: post #4

Claude, generate an article that will get to HN front page. Make no mistakes.

"For most of the last 20 years, the software industry sold more than jobs. It sold a story." This "It's not (just) X, it's Y." pattern is so LLM-y it's almost hard to read it now.

Stopped reading at that point. I guess I could go over the entire thing to discover what happened to that poor guy, but why bother if the author didn't put effort?

Re: Why software engineers are grieving

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Post by qweqwe14 »

bitlad wrote: post #11
sroerick wrote: post #6

Its okay to be a tradesman. You don't have to join a cult and save the world. Work is hard and unpleasant. That's okay.

I dont think it is okay. If you spending 8-12h per week then you it needs to mean something. If you dont care, you are throwing away majority of your life without meaning.

You're making money, just don't think about it and you'll be fine. Retire when you feel like it and do whatever

Re: Why software engineers are grieving

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Post by m0llusk »

sroerick wrote: post #6

Its okay to be a tradesman. You don't have to join a cult and save the world. Work is hard and unpleasant. That's okay.

Depending on the trade that may require reeducation, apprenticeship, and so on. Riding through years of that will be difficult for many if they are used to raising a family with full time pay or have only so many years before needing to face retirement.
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