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| ▲ | mc3301 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Hmm... I think the majority of people working jobs are mostly just there "for the paychecks." It'd be rather beautiful if all jobs were purely passion driven, but that is simply not the case. Nor could it be. And yeah, there are programmers with jobs that are mostly driven by passion, but most would pack it up and go home immediately if there was a sudden "we have stopped paying you" announcement. |
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| ▲ | zamadatix 25 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | There is a large canyon between "just their for the paycheck" and "primarily there for the paycheck". Most have _something_ about their job they enjoy, it's just not usually enough to be the top reason for having the job. | |
| ▲ | sodapopcan 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | > Hmm... I think the majority of people working jobs are mostly just there "for the paychecks." And the majority of software is terrible so ya. Life is generally unfortunate. | |
| ▲ | jp0d an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Why else would you "work", if it weren't for the pay cheques to support yourself and your family? | | |
| ▲ | jdashg an hour ago | parent [-] | | Because I believed in the product! (Firefox, in my case) | | |
| ▲ | jp0d an hour ago | parent [-] | | May I ask what do you do to financially support yourself, if the gig at Firefox is pro bono? |
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| ▲ | cindyllm 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | [dead] |
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| ▲ | jp0d an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I think greedy execs are a much bigger problem than "The people just here for the paychecks". |
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| ▲ | bobthebob 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| So - most of human society? |
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| ▲ | slopinthebag 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| In every industry, and we wonder why everything is being enshittified. I'm not looking forward to using computers or technology over the next decade. There is a non-zero chance myself or a loved one is killed because of vibe coding. |
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| ▲ | dinkleberg an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | But there is a much higher chance of getting killed by any number of other concerns like by a drunk driver. Putting that one on the list of things to stress about seems unwarranted. | | |
| ▲ | yuye an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | The difference is that drunk driving stocks aren't at an all-time high. | |
| ▲ | slopinthebag 16 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | | I'm gonna get a bag tonight, after all I have a much higher chance of getting killed by any number of other concerns anyways. |
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| ▲ | fragmede 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | There's also a non zero chance that someone in your life is going to have fun and whimsy and their life improved by vibe coding. Why focus on the negative? | | |
| ▲ | aakresearch 3 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | If the life of everyone (all 8 billion people) is improved by tech by some margin (pick the margin - 10%, 1%, 0.1%) at the cost of x people (pick the x - a thousand, a million, a billion) being killed by the same tech - is it still positive or negative? How do you even reason about it? | |
| ▲ | yuye an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Loads of people do cocaine and have "fun and whimsy" and I'm willing to bet there are even a few out there that have had their life improved by cocaine. Why focus on the negative? | |
| ▲ | slopinthebag 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Yes who cares if they die as long as they had some fun and whimsy first! :P Edit: fr though I have plenty of fun and whimsy without needing vibe coded apps and I'd prefer a 911 call didn't get routed to Burger King because someone vibe coded the comm stack... | | |
| ▲ | fragmede 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | To each their own. Would you rather live a long boring safe life, or a fast short exciting one? You decide! | |
| ▲ | esseph 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | We're all going to die. Have your fun and whimsy. |
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| ▲ | QwenGlazer9000 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Are you fr? | |
| ▲ | nearlyepic an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | "drunk driving helps people get home from the bar. why focus on the negative?" |
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