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>what I do in my leisure time. Sometimes I participate in HN. My understanding is that systems programming is not in demmand these days. Microsoft and Apple p
by morpheos137 5y ago
>what I do in my leisure time.
Sometimes I participate in HN.
My understanding is that systems programming is not in demmand these days. Microsoft and Apple products are mature. There is not a proliferation of different hardware architectures to port to anymore. Almost nobody gets paid for systems programing in unix or linux unless you want to become an AIX programmer or maybe work in academia. Again, OS programming was the big thing in the late 1990s early 2000s.
Now it is important that your OS just works and gets out of the way and lets you get real work done. Anyway I am done with this thread because I don't want to be accused of flaming.
- the_only_law 5y agoWhile I agree that systems programming has nowhere near the demands of business application developer these days, “almost nobody” seems like a hyperbole. There are a number of jobs out there for Unix/Linux systems programmers. Driver development at hardware companies, all sorts of security software, etc.
- jraph 5y agoJust a comment to say that I had no intent to piss you off, and I don't think you are flaming, just exposing your perspective. Maybe I should not have included my question on your hobbies. It was more for the readers, including you, to answer in their head.
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- banned23211 5y agoNew developers are born every day and these old systems provide all kinds of opportunities for learning. It's an historical preservation effort and an interesting intellectual challenge. Some programmers have very high IQ which makes them very curious. Low IQ programmers just don't get it, and never will.