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I don't disagree that technology is less fun in an AI era. The question is, what other careers are out there for someone who wants to make things? About a deca

I don't disagree that technology is less fun in an AI era. The question is, what other careers are out there for someone who wants to make things? About a decade ago, I went through a career crisis where I couldn't decide what job to do - whether technology was really the best choice for my particular temperament and skills. Law? Too cutthroat. Civil service? Very bureaucratic. Academia? Bad pay. Journalism? An industry in decline. It is a shame, what is happening. But I still think, even with AI hollowing out the fun parts, tech remains the best job for a smart, motivated person who's willing to learn new things.

Joel_Mckay 8mo ago
People get bored if they don't find real meaning in their work. https://medium.com/ideas-into-action/ikigai-the-perfect-career-diagnostic-3de932834be7 https://medium.com/ideas-into-action/ikigai-the-perfect-care... Fact is, the tech sector is filled with folks that find zero joy in what they do, chose a career for financial reasons, and end up being miserable to everyone including themselves. The ex-service people would call these folks entitled Shitbirds, as no matter the situation some will complain about everything. Note, everyone still does well in most large corporate settings, but some are exhausting to be around on a project. =3
- Der_Einzige 8mo ago
  The reason we don’t have the right to be lazy is because of the people who find “meaning” in toil. I do not want to work and AI is the most anti work technology in human history. Bertrand Russel literally wrote a book called “in defense of idleness” because he knew that heavy hitters like him had to defend work abolitionism. The “work is good” crowd is why we can’t have nice things. You guys are time thief’s and ontologically evil. May all work supporters reincarnate as either durian fruits or cockroaches.
  - Joel_Mckay 8mo ago
    You seem very passionate about your opinions, but are you happy? The fact remains LLM can't reach comparable human error rates without consuming 75% of the energy output of our entire local galaxy. While I find true Neuromorphic computing topics more interesting, the emergence of the LLM "AI" true believer is deeply concerning to those that understand how they are actually built. =3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERiXDhLHxmo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERiXDhLHxmo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfN9wnPvU0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfN9wnPvU0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx4Tpsk_fnM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx4Tpsk_fnM
    - woah 8mo ago
      I just had an AI write a toy game engine with realistic camera and lens simulation on the view from scratch in rust in one day while i was working on other stuff all for the price of a $20/month Cursor subscription
      - Joel_Mckay 8mo ago
        "AI" LLM don't write anything, but copied someones symbolic isomorphic work that could fit the expected definition in the reasoning model. Like all copyright submarines, your firm now runs the non-zero risk someone will sue for theft, or hit the product with a DMCA claim. What is the expected value of piracy versus actual business. =3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MalBJuI9O5k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MalBJuI9O5k
        Der_Einzige 8mo ago
        Information wants to be free. No one in any administration now or in the future will ever go back to the "let's sue grandma for 1 trillion dollars" era of the early 2000s. Piracy is good and important for national security. ~~~(====3
        Joel_Mckay 8mo ago
        >important for national security Indeed, but people rarely stop to consider... "security for whom?" Have a wonderful day =3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL22URoMZjo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL22URoMZjo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAcwtV_bFp4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAcwtV_bFp4 Spaceballs (1987) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPkWZdluoUg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPkWZdluoUg
  - cstever 8mo ago
    You 100% can be lazy. Just don't make the rest of us carry you.
layer8 8mo ago
> Academia? Bad pay. I think that bad pay is preferable to no fun. Of course, academia isn’t exactly a bed of roses either.
chasd00 8mo ago
> who's willing to learn new things. I tell my boys, get good at learning and you don't have to get good at anything else. I think that still holds now as much as ever.
- r_lee 8mo ago
  how does that help pay the rent? or how would that get you past resume screening?

Joel_Mckay 8mo ago

People get bored if they don't find real meaning in their work. https://medium.com/ideas-into-action/ikigai-the-perfect-career-diagnostic-3de932834be7 https://medium.com/ideas-into-action/ikigai-the-perfect-care... Fact is, the tech sector is filled with folks that find zero joy in what they do, chose a career for financial reasons, and end up being miserable to everyone including themselves. The ex-service people would call these folks entitled Shitbirds, as no matter the situation some will complain about everything. Note, everyone still does well in most large corporate settings, but some are exhausting to be around on a project. =3

Der_Einzige 8mo ago
The reason we don’t have the right to be lazy is because of the people who find “meaning” in toil. I do not want to work and AI is the most anti work technology in human history. Bertrand Russel literally wrote a book called “in defense of idleness” because he knew that heavy hitters like him had to defend work abolitionism. The “work is good” crowd is why we can’t have nice things. You guys are time thief’s and ontologically evil. May all work supporters reincarnate as either durian fruits or cockroaches.
- Joel_Mckay 8mo ago
  You seem very passionate about your opinions, but are you happy? The fact remains LLM can't reach comparable human error rates without consuming 75% of the energy output of our entire local galaxy. While I find true Neuromorphic computing topics more interesting, the emergence of the LLM "AI" true believer is deeply concerning to those that understand how they are actually built. =3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERiXDhLHxmo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERiXDhLHxmo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfN9wnPvU0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfN9wnPvU0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx4Tpsk_fnM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx4Tpsk_fnM
  - woah 8mo ago
    I just had an AI write a toy game engine with realistic camera and lens simulation on the view from scratch in rust in one day while i was working on other stuff all for the price of a $20/month Cursor subscription
    - Joel_Mckay 8mo ago
      "AI" LLM don't write anything, but copied someones symbolic isomorphic work that could fit the expected definition in the reasoning model. Like all copyright submarines, your firm now runs the non-zero risk someone will sue for theft, or hit the product with a DMCA claim. What is the expected value of piracy versus actual business. =3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MalBJuI9O5k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MalBJuI9O5k
      - Der_Einzige 8mo ago
        Information wants to be free. No one in any administration now or in the future will ever go back to the "let's sue grandma for 1 trillion dollars" era of the early 2000s. Piracy is good and important for national security. ~~~(====3
        Joel_Mckay 8mo ago
        >important for national security Indeed, but people rarely stop to consider... "security for whom?" Have a wonderful day =3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL22URoMZjo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL22URoMZjo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAcwtV_bFp4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAcwtV_bFp4 Spaceballs (1987) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPkWZdluoUg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPkWZdluoUg
- cstever 8mo ago
  You 100% can be lazy. Just don't make the rest of us carry you.

layer8 8mo ago

> Academia? Bad pay. I think that bad pay is preferable to no fun. Of course, academia isn’t exactly a bed of roses either.

chasd00 8mo ago

> who's willing to learn new things. I tell my boys, get good at learning and you don't have to get good at anything else. I think that still holds now as much as ever.

r_lee 8mo ago
how does that help pay the rent? or how would that get you past resume screening?