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>• Get a life (that is, a life outside of work – build stuff in your garage, hike, play in a band, paint, whatever). I notice a trend in being demeaning toward
by thiht 9y ago
>• Get a life (that is, a life outside of work – build stuff in your garage, hike, play in a band, paint, whatever).
I notice a trend in being demeaning towards people not wanting to do anything besides computing/tech. Why is that acceptable? Is my life worse because I don't do "hiking" or some other stuff? I like spending my free time coding, and I hate hearing I should do "something better with my life".
- mcv 9y ago"Build something in your garage" could be tech related. But it's important to do things other than work.
- rainbowmverse 9y agoThe image of the tech titan that got started in their garage was the standard thing not that long ago. I actually can't remember the last time I saw it. Now it seems like it's "get in the ground floor on someone else's world-changing startup." Is this just my limited perspective or has the narrative really shifted?
- JKCalhoun 9y agoI don't see anything I said that is demeaning. I didn't say it was a shitty thing to not have a life outside tech. If you never get burned out or otherwise disillusioned with "tech", more power to you. I suspect most of us eventually find we need something more in our lives though — I was addressing those people (and I suspect the article was as well).
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