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Re:When did people stop being drunk all the time? by giantg2 on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @10:09AM (#36878002)
"Moving to a service based society. If you don't have to work in a mine, you drink less."

Unless you are a software dev...

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Re:When did people stop being drunk all the time? by BiteCode_dev on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @10:25AM (#36878267)
I'm a software dev and I don't drink at all.

I'm one of those persons that think this is a luxury job.

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Re:When did people stop being drunk all the time? by meowface on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @10:26AM (#36878293)
It's certainly not rare, but is drinking particularly prevalent in the software development industry relative to other industries?
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Re:When did people stop being drunk all the time? by giantg2 on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @03:41PM (#36883713)
It feels like it is. We even have jokes like the ballmer peak
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