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Yes but imo this change happened no later than late 90s. I distinctly remember how suddenly it became cool to be a programmer and the 'new type' was already mak
by yubblegum 2y ago
Yes but imo this change happened no later than late 90s. I distinctly remember how suddenly it became cool to be a programmer and the 'new type' was already making changes by early '00s. And yes, the $s attracted smart people who did not embody the old hacker ethos.
These are the new bloods that gifted us with surveillance tech, btw.
- chasd00 2y ago“Call 1-800 beageek”. Remember that commercial? That was around the time software dev went mainstream, late 90s iirc.
- grandempire 2y agoMainstream is different than upper middle class and ambitious.
- blendo 2y agoBack in the 90s, they were the “suits”. Andreessen, Scott McNealy, & Ellison were, to me, the ones that left a particularly bad taste.