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Re:Richard Stallman and the History of Free Software and Ope... by marcodiego on Friday August 06, 2021 @09:31PM (#28094851)
I've this feeling too. The people on CS today is way more "normal" than even in the 90's. But there's a shift in salaries: the biggest bite now goes for managers and developers are mostly seen as replaceable lower value workers. True nerds don't feel at home in the marketplace anymore.
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Re:Richard Stallman and the History of Free Software and Ope... by taneq on Saturday August 07, 2021 @12:58AM (#28095831)
That's why we start our own companies, or join small startups.
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Re:Richard Stallman and the History of Free Software and Ope... by sascha_sl on Saturday August 07, 2021 @08:13AM (#28098013)
I mean, you can also be a """true nerd""" and not really be too interested in competition and hard hitting jobs.

I found a really nice spot working in a developer enablement / platform engineering role. You can continue to be condescending to average developers and then steer them in the right direction!

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