[1vuio0pswjnm7]

That's not what "software engineers" in Silicon Valley or Redmond typically do.

They write software that usurps other people's computing resources, e.g., CPU, storage and an internet connection that they do not pay for.

It's one reason I use NetBSD, custom barebones Linux. I write and compile software on single core old computers and cheap eMMC laptops.

[1vuio0pswjnm7]

Based on the ones I have worked with and the news and commments I read on HN I do not consider "software engineers" to be professionals. I have personally seen how they waste enormous amounts of time.

[fennecbutt]

Imagine having the worldview that everyone should be writing NASA code. Ahahaha.

[rangestransform]

You have to value your own time better than that, at least professionally

There is a lot of fun to be had working with vintage hardware in spare time though