Re:The skill that never goes obsolete
by ForTheKidz on Saturday March 01, 2025 @10:24AM
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> You are becoming complacent.
I think that's just having a job. There's nothing inherently better about building than fixing. Hell, anyone can build something these days. You can get chatgpt to write you a fully functional bootloader without knowing a single bit of assembly or how booting operates. Being able to grasp and fix things is already the superlative talent worth hiring for.
> But reliable car mechanics don't get paid a lot.
The equivalent in our industry is worth a lot more money than someone who can only build. I think "building" is a lot closer to your analogy of using a word processor than "fixing" things is and you've got the reputation of the two skills completely swapped.
I think that's just having a job. There's nothing inherently better about building than fixing. Hell, anyone can build something these days. You can get chatgpt to write you a fully functional bootloader without knowing a single bit of assembly or how booting operates. Being able to grasp and fix things is already the superlative talent worth hiring for.
> But reliable car mechanics don't get paid a lot.
The equivalent in our industry is worth a lot more money than someone who can only build. I think "building" is a lot closer to your analogy of using a word processor than "fixing" things is and you've got the reputation of the two skills completely swapped.