Sometimes I think I should have stayed in the trades. Then I remember having to tear hundreds of HVAC smoke dampers out of a new building and replace them with fire and smoke dampers because the boss decided he was just going to whatever instead of what the blueprints called for.
Looking in the newspaper of my major US city.
All the ads were for HVAC techs. Nobody was looking for Comp Sci or Chem Engineering.
Almost switched to HVAC.
Glad I held out for an actual debugging software job
Pity young people today. Don't be programmers; there's no future in it.
Tbf, those types of jobs have a higher degree of turnover and thus need slots backfilled more frequently. Trades jobs can be pretty fuckin miserable, especially ones that are incredibly physically demanding as you age.
I got laid off from my software job then took a physical labor job to make ends meet. I got promoted to management and used my software skills to automate most of my job. This is my recommended career path.
Software skills --> Anyone will be able to vibecode a good-enough app within 2-3 years
Domain knowledge --> Top LLMs already have domain knowledge comparable to specialists in whichever field, and are getting less hallucinatory & more accurate every year.
Not being a doomer, no idea what policies make sense going forward, but this is what I observe
It really used to piss me off when the older techs would make me crawl around in nasty crawlspaces while they stood around and smoked cigarettes.
I get not wanting to be there but I'm not not about to leave some poor kid who doesn't know what the hell he's doing fumbling around in the dark by himself for half the day.
Jesus, what IT dept. are you working at, and how do I get there;) around here, the most attractive specimens are those under 35 BMI and practice personal grooming.
Man, your kind was very common on Reddit back in the day. Not a lot of your kind followed to Lemmy so it's been a while since I've bumped into such a specimen. Glad it's very few these days at least.
Disagree completely. But the fact that you need to talk about how much masculinity he has speaks volumes to how fragile yours is. You have exposed yourself.
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favoredponcho@lemmy.zip · 97 pts · 296d
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de · 74 pts · 296d
Burned out it guys who finally signed their resignation papers
Keep up with the class, man
minkymunkey_7_7@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 295d
What's in the bag?
Fizz@lemmy.nz · 4 pts · 293d
His steamdeck
victorz@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 296d
Using a Gucci bag as a back rest in a small fishing boat. It's just... Huh.
jade52@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 296d
Tech job burn out makes you do weird things.
MintyFresh@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 296d
That's basically my life. When I'm not staring at the vistas and thinking oh so deep thoughts from my dingy anyhow.
daddycool@lemmy.world · 82 pts · 296d
OMG you're right! I do look like Ryan Gosling.
eager_eagle@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 296d
lirally me
goatinspace@feddit.org · 8 pts · 296d
Wearing Gucci?
gjoel@programming.dev · 5 pts · 296d
This too is how I look, dress and behave on the weekends.
someacnt@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 296d
Endless envy to you
lightnsfw@reddthat.com · 32 pts · 296d
He's way overdressed for that.
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org · 14 pts · 296d
Exactly, needs shorts and a beer in hand. And about 5 stains on the shirt.
thatradomguy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 296d
Was about to comment this. lol
jol@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 295d
Or maybe you're underdressed.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 294d
Nah, I'm not dressing up for shit if I ever manage to free myself from corporate hell.
jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works · 30 pts · 296d
Sometimes I think I should have stayed in the trades. Then I remember having to tear hundreds of HVAC smoke dampers out of a new building and replace them with fire and smoke dampers because the boss decided he was just going to whatever instead of what the blueprints called for.
Then I'm good for a while.
nymnympseudonym@piefed.social · 20 pts · 296d
I remember when I just graduated from college
STEM degrees.
Looking in the newspaper of my major US city.
All the ads were for HVAC techs. Nobody was looking for Comp Sci or Chem Engineering.
Almost switched to HVAC.
Glad I held out for an actual debugging software job
Pity young people today. Don't be programmers; there's no future in it.
bassomitron@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 296d
Tbf, those types of jobs have a higher degree of turnover and thus need slots backfilled more frequently. Trades jobs can be pretty fuckin miserable, especially ones that are incredibly physically demanding as you age.
EvilHankVenture@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 296d
I got laid off from my software job then took a physical labor job to make ends meet. I got promoted to management and used my software skills to automate most of my job. This is my recommended career path.
echindod@programming.dev · 3 pts · 296d
Software skills plus domain knowledge is a good combination, and I think it will remain viable in the future. But who the fuck knows?
nymnympseudonym@piefed.social · -1 pts · 296d
Software skills --> Anyone will be able to vibecode a good-enough app within 2-3 years
Domain knowledge --> Top LLMs already have domain knowledge comparable to specialists in whichever field, and are getting less hallucinatory & more accurate every year.
Not being a doomer, no idea what policies make sense going forward, but this is what I observe
jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 296d
It really used to piss me off when the older techs would make me crawl around in nasty crawlspaces while they stood around and smoked cigarettes.
I get not wanting to be there but I'm not not about to leave some poor kid who doesn't know what the hell he's doing fumbling around in the dark by himself for half the day.
salacious_coaster@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 295d
Fixed
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 296d
He got in during the nineties and his stock options vested. Now he spends his time restoring vintage Ferraris.
SlykeThePhoxenix@programming.dev · 11 pts · 296d
LOL. Holy damn this meme is me to a tea.
zarkanian@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 296d
What kind of tea? I hope it's a nice roasted oolong.
SlykeThePhoxenix@programming.dev · 1 pts · 296d
With a bit of honey and a golf ball.
SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 296d
I haven't seen Gosling on a boat since high school
SkabySkalywag@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 294d
Jesus, what IT dept. are you working at, and how do I get there;) around here, the most attractive specimens are those under 35 BMI and practice personal grooming.
grendel84@tiny.tilde.website · 0 pts · 294d
@SkabySkalywag
It's comments like these that make me wish that fedi had some kind of downvote system.
@cm0002
SkabySkalywag@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 294d
Still not sure if this is obliviously serious or awesomely ironic. I down voted for solidarity, ma brotha!
silver@das-eck.haus · 4 pts · 296d
he's just like me fr
jade52@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 296d
You finally signed your resignation papers? I'm jealous.
Jayjader@jlai.lu · 4 pts · 295d
He certainly has that thousand-yard stare
1984@lemmy.today · -32 pts · 296d
victorz@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 296d
Go away. He's plenty masculine. He's a man, and represents men well. Stand-up guy.
1984@lemmy.today · -22 pts · 296d
Haha I dont agree but thats ok :) I would send ryan gosling to pick flowers rather than build a house, if you know what I mean... :)
He is very feminine.
franzbroetchen@feddit.org · 9 pts · 296d
Now what? Is that a crime or something? Fuck off man
1984@lemmy.today · -14 pts · 296d
Hominine@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 296d
Your self importance aside, they are simply tired of the lazy bigotry.
1984@lemmy.today · -9 pts · 296d
Its lazy bigotry to think ryan gosling is feminine?
So everyone has to think ryan is masculine man? That doesnt make any sense.
Hominine@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 296d
...and poor reading comprehension besides? What a winner.
victorz@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 296d
Man, your kind was very common on Reddit back in the day. Not a lot of your kind followed to Lemmy so it's been a while since I've bumped into such a specimen. Glad it's very few these days at least.
victorz@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 296d
Disagree completely. But the fact that you need to talk about how much masculinity he has speaks volumes to how fragile yours is. You have exposed yourself.
Wren@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 296d
Send him to pick flowers...
Guys, is farming gay?
ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 296d
What a weak and easily threatened mind you have.