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Re:Ask HN: 90s programmers, what did you expect the future o... by gameswithgo on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @09:20AM (#27591233)
Graduated 2001, everyone I know who wants to still be in CS still is. It definitely takes some willful effort to keep up though, as things change so rapidly. I remember when I first started working is when everything started becoming a web application "so you didn't have to install anything". I remember thinking that seemed like a crazy tradeoff to accept. But then everyone did it. I still think it was crazy.
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Re:Ask HN: 90s programmers, what did you expect the future o... by suvo on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @09:14PM (#27599540)
The only reason why I took up CS in my majors was 'because' it changes fast. Cuz then this was the only job role where nobody could ever condescend to me that 'ye're just a kid!' Unlike a classical engineering branch, say in Mechanical or Electrical where the last major development happened in 1845. Because everybody is a kid their whole lives in the CS world.
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Re:Ask HN: 90s programmers, what did you expect the future o... by photojosh on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @10:38PM (#27600170)
> say in Mechanical or Electrical where the last major development happened in 1845

Uh, what? Apparently computer science gets the credit for, eg, the transistor? Nah.

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