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> Total bullshit. I come from a home that lived below poverty level for most of my life, though we maybe disguised it well--most of my friends were middle-clas

by sejje 13y ago

> Total bullshit. I come from a home that lived below poverty level for most of my life, though we maybe disguised it well--most of my friends were middle-class. I fell in love with computers at age 10, but I didn't have access to one outside of public school until age 16, when I bought one with money I earned at a job I took after school. After off-and-on dedication to programming over the past decade, I've been working as a developer for approximately 1 year, and I have a very solid chance to get "there" if I choose to continue down this path. I don't see what's preventing more-or-less anybody in America from taking these steps. I didn't do anything that is out-of-reach for any given person, nor did I, in any obvious manner, have a stroke of luck.

michaelochurch 13y ago
After off-and-on dedication to programming over the past decade, I've been working as a developer for approximately 1 year Write again when you raise a seed round, then. Maybe you'll get there. I hope you do. If you were from a rich background, you'd be turning investors away. You wouldn't even have to ask them for meetings and intros.
- sejje 13y ago
  What are you talking about? I'm not, nor will I ever be, trying to raise funds. This whole discussion is about how tech-people are on the gravy train and the starving artists aren't getting their fair share of it.
mercer 13y ago
You had a stroke of luck by falling in love with computers. Did you do that because you knew it would pay off down the road? My story is similar, only I decided to study communications and didn't do much computer stuff for half a decade. I quit halfway through my master's because I hated what I'd seen of academia. Faced with the need to make a living, I started doing freelance webdesign/development. I've done very well for myself ever since. I didn't choose to go into web development because I knew it would be lucrative (more so than finishing my degree even). I also didn't choose to become a geek and tinker with computers at an early age. I got lucky, and I'd argue that you did too. We're lucky that our passion is in demand. That said, I worked really hard. I started out with clients that were way out of my league, and spent many nights frantically learning as much as I could. It wasn't just luck. But luck played a big role.

by sejje 13y ago

michaelochurch 13y ago

After off-and-on dedication to programming over the past decade, I've been working as a developer for approximately 1 year Write again when you raise a seed round, then. Maybe you'll get there. I hope you do. If you were from a rich background, you'd be turning investors away. You wouldn't even have to ask them for meetings and intros.

sejje 13y ago
What are you talking about? I'm not, nor will I ever be, trying to raise funds. This whole discussion is about how tech-people are on the gravy train and the starving artists aren't getting their fair share of it.

mercer 13y ago

You had a stroke of luck by falling in love with computers. Did you do that because you knew it would pay off down the road? My story is similar, only I decided to study communications and didn't do much computer stuff for half a decade. I quit halfway through my master's because I hated what I'd seen of academia. Faced with the need to make a living, I started doing freelance webdesign/development. I've done very well for myself ever since. I didn't choose to go into web development because I knew it would be lucrative (more so than finishing my degree even). I also didn't choose to become a geek and tinker with computers at an early age. I got lucky, and I'd argue that you did too. We're lucky that our passion is in demand. That said, I worked really hard. I started out with clients that were way out of my league, and spent many nights frantically learning as much as I could. It wasn't just luck. But luck played a big role.