Romantizations like this are fun and the culture is cute, but it was never about this in the first place. I'm sorry, but in my opinion, you have been duped and being a programmer is not about fantasizing about hackers of old.
> this new identity: “Specification Engineering.” Excited to be an operator and cosplaying as Steve Jobs to “Play the Orchestra”.
You need to decouple from this notion that these identities somehow define the industry. They don't. The kid who plays soccer can be a programmer, the girl who writes poetry can be a programmer.
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You know what this text looks like? Like a crafted list of excuses that someone can use if they don't like AI, but all of them hide some inherent flaw that will eventually reveal itself to be a mistake.
In fact, I am very comfortable doing things with AI. I don't like that it's mostly proprietary, and it's "pay to win" style (poor people have little chance of playing in a level that matters). That's the main reason I dislike it. If that were to be fixed (no bullshit free tiers, make it free software), I would probably endorse it.
alganet•4mo ago
Romantizations like this are fun and the culture is cute, but it was never about this in the first place. I'm sorry, but in my opinion, you have been duped and being a programmer is not about fantasizing about hackers of old.
> this new identity: “Specification Engineering.” Excited to be an operator and cosplaying as Steve Jobs to “Play the Orchestra”.
You need to decouple from this notion that these identities somehow define the industry. They don't. The kid who plays soccer can be a programmer, the girl who writes poetry can be a programmer.
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You know what this text looks like? Like a crafted list of excuses that someone can use if they don't like AI, but all of them hide some inherent flaw that will eventually reveal itself to be a mistake.
In fact, I am very comfortable doing things with AI. I don't like that it's mostly proprietary, and it's "pay to win" style (poor people have little chance of playing in a level that matters). That's the main reason I dislike it. If that were to be fixed (no bullshit free tiers, make it free software), I would probably endorse it.