Get Out of Technology

https://geohot.github.io//blog/jekyll/update/2025/09/13/get-out-of-technology.html

25•pankalog•4mo ago

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Simulacra•4mo ago

I'm not quite sure the point.

bayindirh•4mo ago

It's a nice, short poem telling that people who do it for money ruin that thing for everyone.

Simulacra•4mo ago

Thank you, that makes a lot of sense.

gosub100•4mo ago

He's saying there is a divide between people who are passionate about tech, aka "hackers" makers etc, vs people who just pursue it because at one time it paid well.

dzonga•4mo ago

isn't this an elitist take ?

people got bills to pay & mouths to feed.

that's like saying to people heading to gold mines - leave cz we know you're here to make money. you never cared about gold.

bayindirh•4mo ago

I think it's more pointed at big corporations and C-Suite people rather than people doing honest work to earn money.

I mean, the greedy ones who desire money like it's the only thing they can eat and hoard.

OutOfHere•4mo ago

It's pointed at execs, but squarely also at everyday workers who don't actually care about technology uplifting all of mankind, mostly just themselves. The former group has no ongoing open source work to show at the corporate level, and the latter group has no ongoing open source work to show at the individual level. Both groups actively take take take from open source without giving back anything.

irusensei•4mo ago

> that's like saying to people heading to gold mines - leave cz we know you're here to make money. you never cared about gold.

Imagine you are a person who likes rocks. A geologist if you will. You work for passion but the field is dominated by people who just want to mine gold.

DataDaemon•4mo ago

I plan to stay in tech until economy crisis next year.

vunderba•4mo ago

This mirrors my experience. The difference is quite apparent when you compare to other comparable engineering fields. It's anecdata but every single one of my friends with a degree in mechanical/electrical engineering is incredibly passionate about the field (though I can't deny that there is a certain underlying current of resentment with how much more money on average their counterparts in IT are making).

Software dev? I'd say maybe 1 in 3 if I'm being generous. It is what it is.

smitty1e•4mo ago

I tell my two young lads that, like English and History and Math, some knowledge of tech is great for the hip pocket.

But knowing something fundamental like plumbing or carpentry or electrical as a primary skill seems prudent.