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Re:The Luxuries in Life by ryan_n on Saturday September 05, 2026 @05:55PM (#49581085)
Kinda depressing cus that thing used to be coding (or mastery of), which seems to be dying/being replaced by gen ai.
Re:The Luxuries in Life by SA9G on Saturday September 05, 2026 @07:37PM (#49581852)
Competition perhaps... but CS has not gone away! There is still joy in doing something well and in learning, even if the market will (perhaps for a time) not reward you well for it. Resist Skynet!!
Re:The Luxuries in Life by skulk on Saturday September 05, 2026 @11:06PM (#49582935)
you can still do it, but it may not be your ticket into a secure (upper?)middle class existence like it used to be.
Re:The Luxuries in Life by Sammi on Sunday September 06, 2026 @04:11PM (#49590386)
Painting, playing the guitar, and pottery making are likely not going to pay your bills either, but no one can stop you having fun doing any of it.

In general you get paid for doing stuff that no one one would do without pay, because it isn't fun. So work is less about having fun and more about what kind of suck you tend to be capable of sucking up.

Re:The Luxuries in Life by bossyTeacher on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @08:01PM (#49734723)
No one is stopping you from typing code in your favourite editor.