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> Ambitious young people in search of their fortune once went into finance, then they tried tech, and now they’re looking for a new industry. For the sake of a
by neilv 3y ago
> Ambitious young people in search of their fortune once went into finance, then they tried tech, and now they’re looking for a new industry.
For the sake of argument, let's assume that's true, and then I have a question.
The "tech" field is full of people who went into it for the relatively easy high-paying jobs and/or the dotcom/startup lottery tickets.
The field changed dramatically in the process, from the quality of the work we do, to our goals in doing it, to how we do it, to how and for what we hire.
Is there any chance the field can suddenly improve now, due to this and other factors (e.g., let's say an interest in genuinely responsible infosec materializes someday)?
Or is slow decay from the current state more likely (as current practices remain, but less money to go around)?
- layer8 3y agoA slow decay seems more likely, as the pioneer spirit seems to be largely gone, and complexity is killing us.