Re:A reawakening of systems programming meetups
by 1oooqooq on Sunday July 07, 2024 @12:37PM
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this is a problem of the job market.
most celebrated talks are from people well employed for life so they can talk shit at some system or protocol. from upnp to the persistent compiler worm talks.
those folks didn't expect to depend on their resume padding every 3 to 8 months to live.
likewise the people organizing the talks didn't depends on the status sending devRel people to expect sponsors.
this is exactly what doctorow is yapping about lately. but everyone only accept small points of the big picture.
most celebrated talks are from people well employed for life so they can talk shit at some system or protocol. from upnp to the persistent compiler worm talks.
those folks didn't expect to depend on their resume padding every 3 to 8 months to live.
likewise the people organizing the talks didn't depends on the status sending devRel people to expect sponsors.
this is exactly what doctorow is yapping about lately. but everyone only accept small points of the big picture.