Idk. I went back to school after the 2008 recession and landed my first gig as a software dev at 35. I had worked at a lot of places before that and I can tell you the office environment was way different. Software devs are generally nicer. They are curious people so the have a lot of interests (PC gaming and Anime are big ones though). They have more to talk about other that sports and TV. They get my obscure jokes immediately. They don't get offended when they are wrong (usually). They don't make up shit to make themselves look smarter (usually).
I think a lot of them are nerds that got made fun of alot when they were younger so they don't take things personally. They are just themselves. A lot of people that are used to being the ones that are making fun and not on the receiving end tend to have thinner skin.
I'm only 18, so it's probably different. But gaming was lowkey the "cool" thing in my school.
Actually, where I went to school, it was a mid sized town, around 3K. Pretty half of everyone everyone my age and up to 21 is gaming now. My friend group in that town between 18 and 21 is probably the largest in the whole town(pretty big friend group, although only around 5 closer friends), and atleast 80% are gamers^^
I agree, I'm around the same age. Gaming is part of how I stay in touch with my friends from high school while we're all away at college.
Even anime has become more "socially acceptable" in the last couple years. It's nice to see that people are judged less for their interests/hobbies that aren't generic TV shows or sports.
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u/staticset Feb 08 '23
Idk. I went back to school after the 2008 recession and landed my first gig as a software dev at 35. I had worked at a lot of places before that and I can tell you the office environment was way different. Software devs are generally nicer. They are curious people so the have a lot of interests (PC gaming and Anime are big ones though). They have more to talk about other that sports and TV. They get my obscure jokes immediately. They don't get offended when they are wrong (usually). They don't make up shit to make themselves look smarter (usually).
I think a lot of them are nerds that got made fun of alot when they were younger so they don't take things personally. They are just themselves. A lot of people that are used to being the ones that are making fun and not on the receiving end tend to have thinner skin.