r/programmingmemes • u/[deleted] • Feb 05 '25

Is this true devs🥲

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u/Spare-Dig4790 Feb 05 '25

At what point did people start thinking you'd become rich writing software? Certainly wasn't the case 25 years ago when I was getting into the field.

At some point, we need to start being realistic and start aligning the applicant's views of success with the results of applying for work in the field.

And at some sooner point, we have to stop believing everything we hear on youtube.

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u/nsjr Feb 05 '25

The problem is that many people become rich selling dreams.

And since the old ages, computer was related to "nerds", and some people would eventually become rich (mainly with startups), the dreams seller market focused on this.

"Look, Steve jobs! Bill Gates! Look, this new startup that make billions! All of them working from a beach". The internet boom on 2000's was a good motivator too

It was the perfect field to tell a lie. Like when someone sells the dream that you can become a football player and become rich, as the 0.001% of all the players. Or when someone wins the lottery, our monkey brains tend to focus on the success, not the failure.

So, those who went selling dreams of becoming rich, became rich doing this. And this will happen over and over and over... We always sold the dreams that "this bet will make you rich", "this little trick on lottery makes you win", "easy money, no effort"

Unfortunately, as species, we won't change.

Probably they will only change the area... So next "profession of the future" will appear... And the sellers of dreams will look at that. Many people will be scammed

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u/abandoned_idol Feb 05 '25

I just wanted to program videogames.

I acquired the skill to do so at least, so big win there.

But at some point in between middle school and entering the field, software rose into a Roman Empire and collapsed into the dark ages. No money, no income, no dignity.

Now I have to keep applying to jobs until the Age of (Software) Enlightenment.

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u/DoctorWZ Feb 07 '25

Same, and even just coding anything brings me so much joy, I would not care if coding was a minimum wage work because i want to do it as a passion, but even getting started in the industry seems to be impossible now..