> I've also seen less and less passion for the career as the years go by (ie. less computer nerds). Ah, yes, the passion thing. I'm not being sarcastic, i see

> I've also seen less and less passion for the career as the years go by (ie. less computer nerds). Ah, yes, the passion thing. I'm not being sarcastic, i see this as well. I saw the shift happening in the 2010s, and I attribute this to essentially two things: - social media and the glamourification of computer programming (and related things) - the startup craze of the early 2010s (everybody and their dogs wanted to develop an app or start up a company, and money was flowing left and right from more-or-less clueless investors). In a way, I'm happy that money is tight right now, deep down I hope the computer programming/science scene goes back to people driven by passion and money rather than just money.