Not everyone focuses solely on cash in life, and for some the thought of becoming a 'regular software engineer at a company' might be existentially boring.
This is the reason my regular dealer sold various items when I was in college.
He figured he had the rest of his life to be boring, but the excitement of dealing was too tempting right now to turn down. I'm betting a lot of the people running these sorts of things are in that area; it's just too interesting to try and too much adrenaline at times.
Also, are you named after just general detritus, or the Pratchett character?
ha, I quite like the idea of General Detritus! Just detritus generally. It's strange for me as I've been using it for so long now, my mind skips a beat and I feel like I've had a post update whenever I come across the word IRL :)
I've actually just picked up my first ever Pratchett - "Small Gods" - after having somehow avoided reading him for the past 30 years!
"Detritus was the first troll member of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch..." - I'll look forward to that, thanks!
He figured he had the rest of his life to be boring, but the excitement of dealing was too tempting right now to turn down. I'm betting a lot of the people running these sorts of things are in that area; it's just too interesting to try and too much adrenaline at times.
Also, are you named after just general detritus, or the Pratchett character?