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I don’t think it’s just programming p-e-w, I see this mentality everywhere. Our generation had inherited a world our ancestors could only dream of. Yet it seem

I don’t think it’s just programming p-e-w, I see this mentality everywhere. Our generation had inherited a world our ancestors could only dream of. Yet it seems folks spend more time comparing us to a fictitious utopic state and picking apart how we don’t measure up than they do appreciating how far we’ve come from our real past. What humans have done in a few hundred years is amazing. We are building a more inclusive, equitable, and just world. We are saving this planet from a guaranteed complete extinction event, self-identifying when our species is breaking natural cycles in our ecosystems, and going to war against death (banking serious wins). Compared to the species in second place (whatever you pick) humans are absolutely killing it. I’m proud to be a member of our species and I’m excited about the world we our gifting to the next generation.

p-e-w 4y ago
> I see this mentality everywhere. Really? People absolutely worship hardware engineers who work on projects like the LHC, the ISS, or the JWST. Or even on much more mundane things: "Wow, you design bridges? Such important work!" And if you're not ready to accept that medical researchers are second in status only to God Himself, then God Himself won't be able to help you. But software engineering? You mean those geeks who develop better ad targeting systems? What did they ever do (other than connect five billion people and revolutionize how every industry on the planet functions)? The really sad thing is that this attitude is shared by many software engineers themselves. I couldn't care less about what the "man on the street" thinks about a profession that he can't begin to comprehend. But watching this self-disdain coming from my own colleagues really hurts me.

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I don’t think it’s just programming p-e-w, I see this mentality everywhere. Our generation had inherited a world our ancestors could only dream of. Yet it seem

by r3trohack3r 4y ago

p-e-w 4y ago
> I see this mentality everywhere. Really? People absolutely worship hardware engineers who work on projects like the LHC, the ISS, or the JWST. Or even on much more mundane things: "Wow, you design bridges? Such important work!" And if you're not ready to accept that medical researchers are second in status only to God Himself, then God Himself won't be able to help you. But software engineering? You mean those geeks who develop better ad targeting systems? What did they ever do (other than connect five billion people and revolutionize how every industry on the planet functions)? The really sad thing is that this attitude is shared by many software engineers themselves. I couldn't care less about what the "man on the street" thinks about a profession that he can't begin to comprehend. But watching this self-disdain coming from my own colleagues really hurts me.