Re:Hiring only senior engineers is killing companies
by znpy on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @05:03PM
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> I've also seen less and less passion for the career as the years go by (ie. less computer nerds).
Ah, yes, the passion thing. I'm not being sarcastic, i see this as well.
I saw the shift happening in the 2010s, and I attribute this to essentially two things:
- social media and the glamourification of computer programming (and related things)
- the startup craze of the early 2010s (everybody and their dogs wanted to develop an app or start up a company, and money was flowing left and right from more-or-less clueless investors).
In a way, I'm happy that money is tight right now, deep down I hope the computer programming/science scene goes back to people driven by passion and money rather than just money.
Ah, yes, the passion thing. I'm not being sarcastic, i see this as well.
I saw the shift happening in the 2010s, and I attribute this to essentially two things:
- social media and the glamourification of computer programming (and related things)
- the startup craze of the early 2010s (everybody and their dogs wanted to develop an app or start up a company, and money was flowing left and right from more-or-less clueless investors).
In a way, I'm happy that money is tight right now, deep down I hope the computer programming/science scene goes back to people driven by passion and money rather than just money.