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Re:Ask HN: What am I supposed to do after I’m “disrupted”? W... by tengbretson on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @03:55PM (#33100509)
This really resonates with me. I used to enjoy working as a 35mm film projectionist. Now that everything is digital the opportunities for making money doing it have basically disappeared. Am I supposed to be excited that now I can just push a button and focus more of my attention on selling popcorn?

Fortunately I enjoy writing code.

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Re:Ask HN: What am I supposed to do after I’m “disrupted”? W... by colinmhayes on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @05:10PM (#33101278)
I don’t think you’re necessarily supposed to be excited about your job.
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Re:Ask HN: What am I supposed to do after I’m “disrupted”? W... by HeyLaughingBoy on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @05:23PM (#33101399)
Perhaps not, but it certainly makes life a lot more enjoyable.
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Re:Ask HN: What am I supposed to do after I’m “disrupted”? W... by yoyohello13 on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @05:55PM (#33101684)
Why not?
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Re:Ask HN: What am I supposed to do after I’m “disrupted”? W... by aeze on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @07:26PM (#33102497)
It's ideal to be excited about it, but I don't think it's the expectation.
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Re:Ask HN: What am I supposed to do after I’m “disrupted”? W... by galdosdi on Thursday October 06, 2022 @12:39PM (#33110547)
Hey, I did that too in high school and college! I think I must have been one of the very last ones (late aughts). What a cool and fascinating piece of machinery the "modern" (now obsolete) three platter tree and "brain" system is, isn't it?

I still remember splicing together There Will Be Blood and enjoying looking at some of the beatiful still frames.

My boss at the time spliced together Quentin Tarantino's Grindhouse, and somehow fucked up and spliced an entire reel out of order... and nobody ever noticed (because Grindhouse was full of intentional fake projectionist mistakes, being an homage to an old era). He ended up noticing on his own on the second day of showings and fixing it overnight!

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