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I guess I can relate to the general feeling, but I would say that it's not computers I don't like, it's the internet. And if you look at the bulleted list in th
by kleiba 10y ago
I guess I can relate to the general feeling, but I would say that it's not computers I don't like, it's the internet. And if you look at the bulleted list in the original blog post, you see that most of the things listed there are internet related - probably, as one might argue, because computers == internet these days.
But that's why I say I share the feeling: what drew me to computers when I was little was the tinkering with this fascinating machine that did as you told it (so you better told it the right things or else it would end up in a mess without mercy). It was a time were you felt you could still reach a point were you're actually in control, computers were still simple enough that one person could pretty much understand all of it.
This is no longer the case today. The complexity of the modern IT landscape is just intimidating. You couldn't possibly feel like you could one day be in control or on top of things anymore. Everything's changing, everything's growing at too fast a pace to keep up.
Therefore, if what drew you to computing in the first place was a personal connection and interaction between yourself and the machine, it's no wonder that that magic has gone now.
- JKCalhoun 10y agoSince I am now 30 years into the this career, I now see the young software engineers and wonder to myself what a shit-career they must be embarking on. I don;t know that for sure — I don't know how much I am just projecting, or is Software Engineering just not as fun as it used to be for some of the reasons you cite (too much changing too fast, never a sense of being able to fully control/own the architecture)? Regardless, it gives me some comfort to know that I've enjoyed a good part of my career up to this point and I'm a lot closer to being on the way out of my career than the way in.
- jackskell 10y agoWhich, as an old guy, I just ordered a Raspberry Pi. Just enough of a contained system to explore without having to become expert-level in 5 other fields just to get the thing to work.