Ask HN: What was being a software developer like about 30 years ago?

Re:Ask HN: What was being a software developer like about 30... by abraxas on Monday October 31, 2022 @12:56PM (#33408705)

Well, the answer has to be the "metaverse". The jury is of course out on whether it will take root the way the internet did.

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Re:Ask HN: What was being a software developer like about 30... by shuntress on Monday October 31, 2022 @05:37PM (#33413599)

I disagree.

"The Metaverse" is still fundamentally the same as other content/experience the same way 3D movies are fundamentally the same as 2D movies.

Being able to see a projection of someone in chair next to you does not really deepen or hasten the sharing of ideas in any drastic way compares to pre-internet vs post-internet communication.

If I had to guess, my suspicion is that direct brain-to-brain communication is the next epoch-definiting development.

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