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This is a new low. Apparently putting in the work to learn things is now a "privilege." We made the choice to spend our formative years immersed in technology.
by morgante 10y ago
This is a new low. Apparently putting in the work to learn things is now a "privilege."
We made the choice to spend our formative years immersed in technology. We suffered as a result.
Maybe the bullies should start by apologizing and inviting us to their parties instead of demanding that we give them jobs.
To be clear, I do agree that being middle class and having free time as a teenager is a privilege. What I disagree with is that my choice to spend that time programming instead of partying is a privilege.
- TeMPOraL 10y ago> Maybe the bullies should start by apologizing and inviting us to their parties instead of demanding that we give them jobs. They have some nerve. They've already taken over the industry - your average programmer now is someone who picked software as a career path as an adult (starting university), and was not "into tech" as a kid. And now the already marginalized geeks are being called privileged?
- lgessler 10y agoThe premise you're assuming only holds if socioeconomics is constant. Imagine being the child of two software engineers living in a house in the suburbs with your own room and computer. Now imagine being the child of a single mother who works two minimum wage jobs and lives in a cramped apartment in the projects. If the latter child doesn't end up spending as much time programming as the former child, how much of it do you think was choice?
- morgante 10y agoMaybe you missed the last paragraph of my comment? I absolutely agree with the notion of socioeconomic privilege. For what it's worth, I ended up making more than my (single) mother in my very first CS internship.
- lgessler 10y agoSorry, completely glossed over it. Looks like we agree on this :)
- khnd 10y agoi dont think hn can imagine that hard