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thats why i keep telling people that software “engineering” or computer “science” are not worth pursuing. unless you use either as a launchpad. these types of j
by yrgulation 4y ago
thats why i keep telling people that software “engineering” or computer “science” are not worth pursuing. unless you use either as a launchpad. these types of jobs are just fancy bricklaying.
however there is nuance to everything. some people find 200k a year and living with flatmates in an expensive city rewarding. to each their own. i know i did. until it hit me.
- kortilla 4y agoBricklaying? Google had a great WLB and l5s were clearing 500-700k TC and l6 was bumping up against a mil a year when I left more than 5 years ago. That’s early retirement and you don’t have to make a single sales call or ever manage people.
- ipaddr 4y agoHow many positions like that are available at google? Under a 1,000 and the industry employs millions. Not sure this is a strategy for everyone.
- peteradio 4y agoThen what is worth pursuing? Entrepreneurship? I can't even spell the word correctly without a spellchecker.
- anchochilis 4y agoAll work is fancy bricklaying if you're jaded enough. Surgeon? Just spackling the same old organs day in day out, with the additional downside of potentially killing someone if you have an off day and place a brick upside down. Professional football player? It's repetitive manual labor! Often performed outdoors in inclement weather. High likelihood of involuntary retirement due to workplace injury. Executive? Staring at endless spreadsheets all day... With rows and rows of those brick-like rectangular cells... All fun aside, I don't think many bricklayers could find it within themselves to complain about making 200k a year to work in jeans and a hoodie in an air-conditioned building with foosball tables and free snacks.