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Re:I've walked away from software development by porker on Friday December 18, 2020 @10:47AM (#25468153)
I don't know if there's something special about working in web design/development but I see more identity politics here and in the community than I do anywhere else in my life, or in other industries. My partner works in education - that place of reputed wokeness - and while identity features, there isn't the politics in the school around it.

Perhaps webdev attracted a specific kind of person (who felt comfortable with the anonymity of the web?) - or is software development now the same?

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Re:I've walked away from software development by jokethrowaway on Friday December 18, 2020 @11:56AM (#25469016)
It's an industry filled with highly educated people who spend way too much time idling on twitter and the internet in general.

They don't have money concerns like most people from other walks of life so they need to find something to get worked out about.

I think it's understandable why big tech went in this direction.

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Re:I've walked away from software development by xfitm3 on Friday December 18, 2020 @11:02PM (#25474904)
Twitter is one of the most mentally detrimental social media platforms even made amplified with socially accepted brigading and censorship.
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Re:I've walked away from software development by jagannathtech on Sunday December 20, 2020 @10:13PM (#25491800)
very low barrier to entry
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