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Physicists work on interesting problems. Developers work on profitable problems, mostly manufactured, for huge piles of money, from home, and with yoga over lun
by dustingetz 3y ago
Physicists work on interesting problems. Developers work on profitable problems, mostly manufactured, for huge piles of money, from home, and with yoga over lunch.
- seszett 3y agoMaybe you just haven't looked for better jobs. Because although I've read about what you're describing, I haven't seen it yet in real life. I'm not planning on experiencing it either in the future. Though I'm sure some people like this kind of environment, and good for them.
- christophilus 3y agoI didn’t say “interesting” problems. Just problems. Anyway, sometimes they are interesting. I think Rich Hickey worked on some interesting problems. Clojure and Datomic are pretty neat, and Electric looks like an interesting problem, too :)
- dustingetz 3y agoRich Hickey is a founder, not a developer and regardless he is motivated by pain-minimization in the context of money making: "I had had enough!" [of manufactured complexity in commercial development] — his paper