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I have a tough time relating to the attitude toward being employed (as a programmer) that gets thrown around here. I know many employers are exploitative. But y
by mlangdon 13y ago
I have a tough time relating to the attitude toward being employed (as a programmer) that gets thrown around here. I know many employers are exploitative. But you don't have to work for an evil mega corp.
I work for a company where I can count the employees on one hand. All my code is used (unless I throw it away or refactor it). The work is interesting, the problems are challenging and semi-novel. I get to learn things every day.
What I'm saying is, I actually love my job. If you get paid to program and you're not loving it, you can go find a company doing something interesting without a lot of corporate crap. There's also the possibility you don't actually like programming, so.
This is not to say a startup is not an option, but there are plenty of other options with less skin in the game.
- jaggederest 13y ago> I know many employers are exploitative. By definition, they're all exploitative, even the one you work at. If they gave you the proceeds of your labor, they'd be out of business, and if they don't, they're exploitative. The only 'logically fair' form of organization of labor is a cooperative, and that only when everyone contributes according to their share.
- mlangdon 13y agoYou say I'm being exploited; I say you have adopted a viewpoint designed to create maximum unhappiness in the reality I live in. Potato; potato.
- jaggederest 13y agoI'm not saying you should be unhappy about it. Hell I do the same thing. Just don't go in with rose colored glasses like they employ you out of charity. Businesses are there to make a profit, and being employed entails giving up some of that profit.