• Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radio
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    8 months ago

    It’s mind bending that there are actual humans on the planet, paid a shit tonne more than software developers, who not only believe the parody highlighted by @SwiftOnSecutity, but treat and share it as gospel, acting on it with nutjob metrics to “increase productivity” whilst salivating over the hyperbole around “AI” that is sweeping the globe, dreaming of a better world.

    One without those pesky developers with their brains, thoughts and opinions.

    But, what do I know, I’ve been in this profession for only 40 years…

    • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      You’re probably not the biggest asshole in the room. In my experience, the person making decisions (and the most money) is never the most qualified, most competent, most efficient, or hardest working individual. They are just the biggest asshole in the room. They’re willing to be loud and belligerently wrong, they’re willing to take credit for the accomplishments of others, they’re willing to shift blame onto someone else, they’re willing to demand everyone else work harder than they do, and they’re willing to demand far more than their fair share of the profit.

      And they will be mollified by the rest because nobody is a bigger asshole. Most people just want to do their jobs, and don’t want to rock the boat. Competent people see opportunity to ride in the wake of the biggest asshole in the room.

      If you ever watch Shark Tank, you’ll see they are masters of the craft.

    • mikyopii@programming.dev
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      8 months ago

      I’ve been an actual janitor and a sysadmin… they’re not dissimilar. You clean up other people’s shit for a living.

  • psion1369@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I used to joke with my niece that my programming job was just me staring at screens and meetings all day. She didn’t believe me until she got to shadow me one day and got super bored.

    • maryjayjay@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      They do the same thing building architects do. They draw pretty pictures of the end product that may of may not be structurally sound, then rely on engineers to build it and make sure it doesn’t collapse.

  • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    8 months ago

    im convinced most developers spend more time working on making shit work, rather than actually writing code and bugfixing it.

    edit: this was mostly a shitpost, and i was expecting some flack, but i got basically none. Can we have a real moment here. Are you guys doing ok? Who made you do this to yourselves?

    ok, real talk over, we’re going back to suffering now.

    • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Half the time it’s trying to figure out where to apply the next piece of duct tape to keep the entire house of cards (and duct tape) from collapsing.

  • s12@sopuli.xyz
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    8 months ago

    The IT people! The DEV team’s worst nemesis! They must be stopped before we are destroyed!