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@ratsnakegames This is why I'm starting my own business. So many programmers have fallen for the slopaganda that it's pretty much guaranteed that if I got hired by any tech company right now, I'd have to deal with such people as colleagues. Fuck that, and fuck them. https://floss.social/@be/116473315406244631

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@be@floss.social · 4 days ago

Why have I been begging the fascists fucks who run the tech industry to give me a job that doesn't destroy my soul and the world when I could just sell static websites to local businesses?
https://codestitch.app/complete-guide-to-freelancing

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@ratsnakegames@mastodon.social · yesterday

@be Problems:

* I do not have the financial reserves to spin up a business.
* As an IT freelancer, a lot of customers actively demand AI at the moment and will set budgets and timetables that are only viable if you deliver absolute slop
* telling your customer to fuck off is not really a better idea than telling your boss to fuck off, unless you have an abundance of customers
* the market is extremely strained anyway

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@ratsnakegames@mastodon.social · yesterday

@be but good luck to you

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@be@floss.social · yesterday

@ratsnakegames That's why I'm going to sell my services to small businesses, not tech companies. I'm pretty sure they're not going to give a fuck how it's done, just that their website is bringing them more customers/clients.

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@be@floss.social · yesterday

@ratsnakegames I will be saying "I don't use AI, and neither does anyone I work with" in all my sales pitches. I bet the responses will be enthusiastic outside the tech industry.

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@be@floss.social · yesterday

@ratsnakegames I don't have the financial reserves to keep looking for jobs.