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It's awfully hard to discern a point in this rambling comment. But I'm not sure what the commenter expects. They and other HN commenters constantly complain ab
by chipsy 13y ago
It's awfully hard to discern a point in this rambling comment.
But I'm not sure what the commenter expects. They and other HN commenters constantly complain about "liberal arts students against the 1%", but they're the ones who chose to go into a field which the market rewards for poor and ethically questionable work.
Yet they're the same people who scoff at and disparage people who achieved financial success in a much more challenging business. The author claims her success was because of privilege, not because of choices she made or didn't make.
Ultimately, we have to confront the fact that not everyone can be a tech slave. It's easy to hire "app" programmers, so if you choose to study that, it may be because it's a gravy train, not because it's your choice. Welcome to the free market.
- sejje 13y ago> It's easy to hire "app" programmers, so if you choose to study that, it may be because it's a gravy train, not because it's your choice. > if you choose...it's [not] your choice How could it be any more your choice, when you literally put the decision in the same sentence?