I disagree with nothing you said. But you started with passion and that makes me think you chose freely. I am talking about being forced/pushed into it.
Re:Pushing People into IT
by smorgusofborg on Friday November 26, 2021 @06:39AM
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I think you are presenting a rose colored view of "choosing freely" the vast majority of people go along with signals they get along the way and those signals are always(?) inaccurate and arbitrary biases from older people considering past generations in largely irrelevant environments, etc.
I think quite a few people get pushed around by arbitrary sentiments until they find what they like and quite a few people don't really find anything because no one pushed them in any direction so they never really had the opportunity to learn to critique anything and develop their own opinions.
Re:Pushing People into IT
by netizen-936824 on Friday November 26, 2021 @09:31AM
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To expand on this comment, as humans we only have the illusion of choice. All choices and behaviors are the result of cellular information processing that happens (mostly) in the neuronal networks of the brain. These mechanics are deterministic.
This is probably true for a large percentage of society - very few people actually get to work at their "dream jobs". But people need to work to support themselves and their families, and IT work, even if you're not passionate about it, still pays better and is less physically demanding than working in a factory or a restaurant. You can get satisfaction from other things in your life - it doesn't all have to come from your job.
I've worked in software development for many years, and I used to be passionate about it. But after seeing enough disillusioning things about it, it's become just a job that pays the bills until I can retire, and that's OK with me.