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Really like this article. I'm hoping more people write about what's different about SV now, than in the past. I assume it has a lot to do with the 2008 wall st

by taude 4y ago

Really like this article. I'm hoping more people write about what's different about SV now, than in the past. I assume it has a lot to do with the 2008 wall street crash, and a lot of the people who'd normally have gone to wall street, suddenly were interested in "tech", regardless of their background.

vineyardmike 4y ago
> a lot of the people who'd normally have gone to wall street, suddenly were interested in "tech" Is there more to it than that? I think you summed it up well. I'll add that other "fancy" professions have structural limitations that seem to cause a glut of money-seeking software engineers (beyond the hyped up non-tech founder). Once upon a time, if you were smart and technical you became a doctor, but med schools haven't expanded capacity and its a long tough process compared to an undergrad CS degree. Lawyers experienced a massive growth a generation ago, and they haven't retired yet, depressing salaries and causing lawyers to work longer. SDEs are still a great career though, considering its still growing in salary and accessibility.
- biohax2015 4y ago
  And what's wrong with that? Smart people follow the money.
  - vineyardmike 4y ago
    Nothing is wrong with it. Follow the money. I personally like making more of it. That said, some people enjoy technology for the sake of technology, and they likely lament the changing demographics of their colleagues. Personally, I noticed that at my highest paying job(at the time), most of my colleagues didn’t care about learning anything technological if it didn’t relate to their job growth. Eg. A real conversation i had: UDP vs TCP what’s tht? Networking stuff. Everything here is wrapped in an internal library, why do I need need to know those acronyms? PS: I suspect this is how companies brazenly violate GPL and other licenses. Not by manager mandate but engineers who don’t know anything about OSS and just git-clone a random GitHub repo.

by taude 4y ago

vineyardmike 4y ago

> a lot of the people who'd normally have gone to wall street, suddenly were interested in "tech" Is there more to it than that? I think you summed it up well. I'll add that other "fancy" professions have structural limitations that seem to cause a glut of money-seeking software engineers (beyond the hyped up non-tech founder). Once upon a time, if you were smart and technical you became a doctor, but med schools haven't expanded capacity and its a long tough process compared to an undergrad CS degree. Lawyers experienced a massive growth a generation ago, and they haven't retired yet, depressing salaries and causing lawyers to work longer. SDEs are still a great career though, considering its still growing in salary and accessibility.

biohax2015 4y ago
And what's wrong with that? Smart people follow the money.
- vineyardmike 4y ago
  Nothing is wrong with it. Follow the money. I personally like making more of it. That said, some people enjoy technology for the sake of technology, and they likely lament the changing demographics of their colleagues. Personally, I noticed that at my highest paying job(at the time), most of my colleagues didn’t care about learning anything technological if it didn’t relate to their job growth. Eg. A real conversation i had: UDP vs TCP what’s tht? Networking stuff. Everything here is wrapped in an internal library, why do I need need to know those acronyms? PS: I suspect this is how companies brazenly violate GPL and other licenses. Not by manager mandate but engineers who don’t know anything about OSS and just git-clone a random GitHub repo.