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Isn't it more Geeks who enjoyed shop class, but went into software because it paid more? (I'm the Geek who hated shop class, and thank my locking stars I can m
by jimbokun 3y ago
Isn't it more Geeks who enjoyed shop class, but went into software because it paid more?
(I'm the Geek who hated shop class, and thank my locking stars I can make a living writing software, decades later.)
- hinkley 3y agoBeing reductive af and a little sardonic: I couldn’t think of a job that involved LEGO before I encountered my first programming class.
- WillAdams 3y agoNo, given the naïveté with which "Makers" approach things, they don't seem to have had real shop-class experience, or at least not a sensible class which actually taught anything meaningful.
- JR1427 3y agoWhat?! You mean 3d printing is not always the right answer? Shocking!
- Implicated 3y agoI took the Cisco networking electives, being the geek I was. I slept through 90% of it, it was such a terrible experience. Ironically, there was a very popular shop class where effectively the entire student population knew who the shop teacher was and I chose to take the networking because I didn't have any interest in shop. Now I have a garage full of woodworking equipment (and wood), spend my leisure time watching youtube and building things.. sometimes I wonder if I would have ever made it to software professionally had I taken that shop class. Might have ended up making cabinets :D