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Just means you gotta work higher up in the food chain. You need a new job. Build what other developers eat.
by xwdv 6y ago
Just means you gotta work higher up in the food chain. You need a new job. Build what other developers eat.
- caretak3r 6y agoBuild what other developers eat. I am interested in this topic, can you elaborate? Or any thoughts from anyone?
- thethethethe 6y agoI think OP is referring to things like working on cloud infrastructure, systems software like web servers and reverse proxies, programming languages, or foundational libraries and frameworks libraries—all of which are consumed by application developers
- Ericson2314 6y agoOr have my job, switching periodically between on all that stuff and the end application. Make sure the tools you make are actually useful for the problem they purport to solve! We just refuse to use vendor-lock-in cloud crap as a matter of principle. Regular server processes (though Haskell), regular machines (the NixOS), PostgreSQL, no problem.
- Frost1x 6y agoMust be nice, I'm surrounded by zombies that are either RDD or truly naive. Most of the ecosystem this org works with really doesn't make sense for "cloud." Most of it should be internal infrastructure for an entire host of reasons aside from occasionally using EC2 instances for special case bursts of computing demands. Instead theres an obsession with AWS with no solid rationale.
- xwdv 6y agoHow about AWS Lightsail instead of EC2?
- Ericson2314 6y agoSorry to hear that! It's a real shame when people contort themselves to give Bezos more money.
- GolDDranks 6y agoIf you build what other developers eat, doesn't that mean working _lower_ in the food chain?
- quaintdev 6y agoI think both are correct.
- dbtc 6y agoThe plankton shall inherit the ocean.
- bloak 6y agoReal food chains are cyclic, a bit like in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Ilkla_Moor_Baht_%27at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Ilkla_Moor_Baht_%27at Bad metaphorical usage of the term "food chain" is an example of "office speak". Personally, I don't much like it.
- dylan604 6y agoGreat, another fad library to use. That's definitely what we need.