[golergka]

If anyone is coming off as an asshole in this thread, it's not him. Some people don't like competition and would like to make a better world for everyone. Some people like are more competitive and like to win over others. It's OK to be either.

[uratool]

I don't think that the second one is okay.. I think it is not only harmful to the whole of humanity its also a vacuous existence where your self worth is based on a others without ever actually respecting them.

I know my comment is shitty, but i get depressed that i work in an industry that has its head so far up its own arse that the people who work in it forget that it only has value in helping people do things.

If you are not helping people do things (e.g. you are not making a tool you are trying to sell some pish or something) then you are not a benefit to humanity. and if it was not for the other peopl ebeing off doing things themselves anyway then everything you do would be of no use.

All technical skill is inherently an order of magnitude less valuable as it is a second order skill - this is something that most people in IT really dont want to accept and they cause a lot of hate and pain in the mean time trying to convince everyone else they are right - normally through bully, intimidation and the general lack of empathy that goes hand in hand with all of this.