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Although trained in physics, I worked in the computing industry with pride and purpose for over 40 years. And now I can do nothing but sit back and watch it destroy itself for no valid reason beyond hubris (if I'm being charitable).
Ineffable sadness watching something I once loved deliberately lose its soul.
@robpike Well it help cheer you up to see that I quoted you in my (meager) attempts to push back?
https://adrian.geek.nz/alt-tech-futures.pdf
Second to last slide.
I spent my time trying to make it better. Not just write code, but find better or at least different ways to do so. Simpler, cleaner, more general, more comprehensible.
What's happening today is a complete repudiation of everything I was trying to achieve.
But hey, the industry has spoken. Who am I to question it?
@robpike A profound grief I feel.
I retired this year, creating considerable financial stress, but I just don't want to be associated with this trade these days.
And yes, it's been coming for some time, and the LLM craze isn't really the root cause. For me, at least, it's the tipping point.
Anyway. Just a note to say that I feel your pain. About the only bright side I can offer: we lived through the golden age of computing, created amazing things, found many friends, and felt great joy.
@GeePawHill @robpike I share similar feelings. I don't feel like retiring, but I don't want anything to do with any of this. Maybe I did something that mattered to someone at one time, but who knows now?
@robpike Voices in the industry, as in capitalism in general, are weighted by how much wealth they command, and the acquisition of wealth is largely not a merit-based process.
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