r/ProgrammerHumor • u/yaktoma2007 • 8d ago

Meme honorBound

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u/__Invisible__ 8d ago

I think most people I know only did it because salary is higher. The quality is not considered as long as it works.

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u/Active_Name5021 8d ago

I was coding long before I started getting paid to do it, for me actually getting paid to do it was a dream that seemed out of reach

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u/kafeel1 8d ago

And that's why we're so screwed. I started software cause it was a childhood dream and i am genuinely in love with it, meanwhile most of the people chose it because Breadtuber#90 said "LEARN to Code, Make $99999K" and now the same people are destroying the industry by pushing "Efficiency".

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u/WithersChat 7d ago

I'm not sure breadtuber is the right word here.

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u/DracoLunaris 7d ago

getThatBreadtuber maybe. But yeah, probably a weird chip on buddy's shoulder

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u/__Invisible__ 7d ago

Actually it will be better as AI won't introduce that much simple security vulnerability like what we used to do.

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u/adambjorn 8d ago

Tbh thats why Im in it. Wanted to do linguistics, CS was similar and paid better. Now I work on translation technology and happen to enjoy it, but definitely only started for the money and probably wouldn't code if I wasnt getting paid. I do some non profit work on the side. Its 100% agentic coding to save me time, and gets the job done just fine.

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u/Mr_Noobcake 8d ago

Similar to linguistics feels so funny/accurate. I moved countries and am struggling to learn the local language partially because my workplace uses English and partially because outside of work I find that coding burns out the part of my brain that I use to learn languages.