Then they came for the programmers but there were no one to come for because they all have taken up farming.
There will always be a crop of people who can only program because they can't afford land to take up farming.
I am retiring from tech to live offline
611–617 of 617 posts
Re: I am retiring from tech to live offline
#612I'm so offline I announce my offlineness to the internet.
When the funds dry up, he'll be back.
Re: I am retiring from tech to live offline
#613I am very lucky to be ensconced right now within a team and a company that views the current LLM mania with a similar level of disdain as myself. I'm not sure there's a place for me anywhere else in the industry right now. I wish I had the resources to wander off like this.
> I am very lucky to be ensconced right now within a team and a company that views the current LLM mania with a similar level of disdain as myself.
It only takes one person, someone with enough power, to fall for the ai-equals-productivity-equals-profits trap to bring the house down.
Re: I am retiring from tech to live offline
#614Earlier quoted context omitted.
> late stage capitalism versus > crunching the numbers I could have retired years ago How do you reconcile the apparent hypocrisy of your wealthiness? The stereotype is a boomer taking their winnings and then complaining about the system. I've got just enough money to start worrying that my savings will mostly be taken by my government. Perhaps it is time for me to join the old white man complainer's club (is HN that…
> How do you reconcile the apparent hypocrisy of your wealthiness? I'm not sure this is full on hypocrisy. In this case this is the game we are forced to play (late stage capitalism). Doesn't mean I need to like the game, but since I'm forced to play I will darn make sure to win as much as I can. Hate the game, not the players
> I will darn make sure to win as much as I can.
Nicely demonstrating the root cause of late stage capitalism - us. Perhaps we should blame the players.
I see so many comments trying to blame others or blame systems. Blaming billionaires, or consumers, or boomers, or zoomers.
Of course I'm part of the problem too. I do fix things in my direct environment but I figure trying to help fix more would be beyond my skills.
Re: I am retiring from tech to live offline
#615I have been at it for 20 years now and have started to feel my time is up as well As a lot of comments here highlights, the issue is not so much the tech but the politics, constant perf reviews, re-orgs, nonsense BS that is pushed top-down. This industry is taking a toll on you. My advice for anyone reading this that is starting your career: Live simply and save a lot. When I started my career I thought I would love…
You almost convinced me, but then I remembered that you can sell that multi-million dollar home somewhere in the early 5-10 "years of grinding" and still end up the same.
Re: I am retiring from tech to live offline
#616I have been at it for 20 years now and have started to feel my time is up as well As a lot of comments here highlights, the issue is not so much the tech but the politics, constant perf reviews, re-orgs, nonsense BS that is pushed top-down. This industry is taking a toll on you. My advice for anyone reading this that is starting your career: Live simply and save a lot. When I started my career I thought I would love…
I bought a farm and ran away from tech. Euphoria! For a bit. Honeymoon period's well and fucking over. I did not enjoy chopping that cord of firewood, but I didn't hate it, either. I miss making impulsive, frivolous 4-figure purchases, and I miss not having to literally fucking conjure money out of soil. I don't miss the self-important corpo wankbags, "quick meetings," or the yearly cycle of having to pretend that so…
Would love to hear more of your experience… Plant farming? Animals? Acerage? Income? Kind of looking at this myself
Re: I am retiring from tech to live offline
#617I have been at it for 20 years now and have started to feel my time is up as well As a lot of comments here highlights, the issue is not so much the tech but the politics, constant perf reviews, re-orgs, nonsense BS that is pushed top-down. This industry is taking a toll on you. My advice for anyone reading this that is starting your career: Live simply and save a lot. When I started my career I thought I would love…
I always figured I would get sick of it or burn out. I'm hitting my 4th decade of software engineering with renewed excitement