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> " I've never had to look for a job... I just say yes when a good email comes in." This, is what gets me. It's stuff like this that makes me feel like the lo
by BJanecke 10y ago
> " I've never had to look for a job... I just say yes when a good email comes in."
This, is what gets me.
It's stuff like this that makes me feel like the longer I stay in software the further detached from the general reality I will become.
I love software, but I hate how much it drives me away from the rest of society.
- therealjohn 10y agoDoes that make it harder for you to connect with people? I found it to be the case for me when I was a developer. It would sort of make me unable to identify with the majority of people, which would tend to make me not care to interact with them as deeply as I wanted to. Having to leave my job let me spend more time with a variety of people (lots of baristas, many of them are super interesting) helped me significantly.
- ryandrake 10y ago>> " I've never had to look for a job... I just say yes when a good email comes in." >This, is what gets me. It's stuff like this that makes me feel like the longer I stay in software [...] I can assure you that this is not the general job hunting scenario for software people. This may be the case for a particular engineer, or small class of highly-sought-after engineers, in a couple of very short-lived time periods of frothy hiring. The vast majority of us still have to get out there and pound the pavement like everyone else, and it's not overnight.