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This post is horribly verbose. It constantly brings gender and race into it, then disavows it a couple paragraphs later. This is a textbook definition of a fir

This post is horribly verbose. It constantly brings gender and race into it, then disavows it a couple paragraphs later. This is a textbook definition of a first world problem. Don't like tech? Don't do it. Nobody has a gun to your head. The worst part is having a job, "hating" it, and spewing your hatred of it across your social circles. That does nobody any good. You're not a slave. Either you dislike not having money more than imperfect tech, or I guess you're going to be doing your job for the foreseeable future. The worst thing is expecting the world to change according to your ideas of what the "right" thing to do i.

Veen 10y ago
> Don't like tech? Don't do it. Alternatively: love tech but don't like how it's built and the incentives in the industry? Try to change things for the better. Your way, nothing ever improves. Her way, things might get a little better for some people. At the very least, there's a benefit to highlighting the issue and generating some conversation.
- jimmywanger 10y ago
  > Try to change things for the better. Change arises closest to home. Instead of setting up straw men to knock down on the internet, why not quietly work to change your own work environment? I'm working on a Node.js code base I'm not particularly enthused by, but I'm trying to make it better by pointing things out and speaking up about inefficiencies or unprofessional coding practices. > At the very least, there's a benefit to highlighting the issue and generating conversation. That is completely false. The issue she's highlighting is that she doesn't like the way reality is, and that reality should change. That's not going to happen, especially with that attitude. The only conversation this should generate is "Ok, we all have things we have to deal with. Stop complaining and make smaller, local changes rather than dumping your feelings all over the internet in elaborate prose. That is worse than useless, it actively advocates against your cause. Who would want to be on your side when all you do is complain illogically?"

Veen 10y ago

> Don't like tech? Don't do it. Alternatively: love tech but don't like how it's built and the incentives in the industry? Try to change things for the better. Your way, nothing ever improves. Her way, things might get a little better for some people. At the very least, there's a benefit to highlighting the issue and generating some conversation.

jimmywanger 10y ago
> Try to change things for the better. Change arises closest to home. Instead of setting up straw men to knock down on the internet, why not quietly work to change your own work environment? I'm working on a Node.js code base I'm not particularly enthused by, but I'm trying to make it better by pointing things out and speaking up about inefficiencies or unprofessional coding practices. > At the very least, there's a benefit to highlighting the issue and generating conversation. That is completely false. The issue she's highlighting is that she doesn't like the way reality is, and that reality should change. That's not going to happen, especially with that attitude. The only conversation this should generate is "Ok, we all have things we have to deal with. Stop complaining and make smaller, local changes rather than dumping your feelings all over the internet in elaborate prose. That is worse than useless, it actively advocates against your cause. Who would want to be on your side when all you do is complain illogically?"