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during the pandemic, processing reignited my interest in programming after a ten year hiatus. i dropped out of university out of disgust with the industry and
by ruined 5y ago
during the pandemic, processing reignited my interest in programming after a ten year hiatus.
i dropped out of university out of disgust with the industry and did nothing for about a decade. but art coding was just the best option in lockdown, when i was injured and couldn't go outside much, and the only other option was staring at the nightmare rectangle.
thanks processing. i still hate the industry though. not sure what i'm gonna do about that.
- hhhfcbhrd 5y agoYou did nothing for a decade? Well, as long as you're satisfied being a leech on society, you can always collect welfare Or grow up and contribute like the rest of us. Nothing in the world is perfect. Get over it and help us make society possible so that people who have reasons better than "disgust" to not work can be properly supported If you are an able person, you have a moral responsibility to contribute to society. What is disgusting is hearing about some ne'er-do-well who is too good to write code in a cushy desk chair for six figures. Give me a break. So many people would kill for that opportunity. Might be the most entitled thing I've ever read. "Disgust"
- khihnllll 5y agoYou did nothing for a decade? Well, as long as you're satisfied being a leech on society, you can always collect welfare Or grow up and contribute like the rest of us. Nothing in the world is perfect. Get over it and help us make society possible so that people who have reasons better than "disgust" to not work can be properly supported If you are an able person, you have a moral responsibility to contribute to society. What is disgusting is hearing about some ne'er-do-well who is too good to write code in a cushy desk chair for six figures. Give me a break. So many people would kill for that opportunity. Might be the most entitled thing I've ever read. "Disgust"
- c0nfused 5y agoThere's plenty of fun programming out there that isn't the industry. I always enjoy doing short time no support things like game jams and random one off projects where you have a focused tasks on a limited schedule more than sprawling professional type projects. Besides, the first game jam game I ever made was in processing