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"Alright, I am a white male. I started programming when I was 10, winning programming competitions as a kid, after years of hard work, sleepless nights and stud
by bitL 9y ago
"Alright, I am a white male. I started programming when I was 10, winning programming competitions as a kid, after years of hard work, sleepless nights and study, heavily postponed pleasure and significant relationships, watched with disbelief what other teenagers do instead of working on their future, I am now suddenly privileged and biased, because I try to answer Stack Overflow/Reddit/etc. questions straight to the point, and somebody instead expects that I will provide them with complete answers including encouragement for free, instead of them working hard on acquiring the necessary skills. Then I get blamed that somebody felt bad about themselves, and suddenly I am the problem."
Now why would anyone with this profile want to contribute to Stack Overflow ever again? What's the point? They should just shut up, keep their knowledge to themselves and instead offer $2000/month training courses to those "less privileged". Instead of getting beaten for their generosity and wasting time answering badly formulated questions.
Specifically the solutions talked about will bring massive toxicity to the platform.
- golemiprague 9y agoIt is unbelievable the amount of garbage they throw at people who contributed so much to society. What other industry creates so much free stuff like the horrible programmers with their open source and free tutorials all over the place? I think this is actually the problem, the programming culture is too open and permissive, all you need is a laptop and an internet connection to make your mark on the world. But people don't want that, what they want is a certificate and status. That's why you see so many women doctors and lawyers, they would rather go through a system which whisk them from one point to another and protect them with certificates than doing something themselves.