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by titanomachy 23 days ago
> The upside is that it will cull those in it just for the money/lifestyle, and concentrate it down to those in it for the love of the craft.

Is that what you see at your uncle's boiler company? People who are truly in it "for the love of the craft"?
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gruez 23 days ago
Yeah wtf? If programming becomes a generic white collar job, it's not really accurate to characterize the people as "those in it for the love of the craft". After all, do you think the average accountant or analyst is doing it "for the love of the craft"?
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WarmWash 23 days ago
Nobody does a 6 month bootcamp so they can get into a fastener engineering career making $85k/yr.
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