[simianwords]

Been noticing this new phenotype of tech bro who writes with an air of superiority, subtly belittling all those beneath him. Also ardently believes in

- bullshit jobs

- enshittification

- kubernetes being a psyop

- tech landscape was best exactly during his career peak and has gone down since

[Apocryphon]

What are your opinions on the first two?

[pixl97]

The second two are typical conservative tech-bro "the past was always better" type bs.

The first two are actual real effects of the complex world that we live in. Go back 150 years or so ago and most jobs were not bullshit jobs. That is, humanity spent most of its time trying to feed and clothe ourselves and if you weren't one of the few people with money then "not starving next winter" was pretty high on your list of priorities in working.

With the rise of industrialization, mechination, and transportation most of our needs can be met pretty easily (if society optimizes itself for that is a totally different story). It is highly that your job at this point has anything to do with continued human survival and instead you're working on some kind of revenue generation for some company.

This couples well with enshittification. It took a good part of said industrial revolution to learn how to make things of all kinds and make them reliably. But it turns out too much reliability isn't profitable over the long term. Getting your customer on an upgrade treadmill where they constantly give you more money makes you huge. You'll be able to get huge loans and buy up your reliable competition.

[slopinthebag]

Yes, give or take a couple of those points.

Some additional ones:

- believes SWE is now fundamentally different because of AI

- repeatedly belittles people who aren't on the AI hype train

- believes slop bans and distaste of AI art is gatekeeping