Re:Ask HN: How to deal with the tedium of programming?
by sklogic on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @07:50AM
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> It's pretty obvious things have moved on massively since the 80s.
Not that obvious for me. I cannot see any significant changes. Mind giving some examples?
> especially since the guy's asking for help
He's asking for motivation, not for help. And it should be good to know that he do not need to learn much, everything is pretty much the same as it used to be, just presented slightly differently. New terminology can be learned in a couple of days.
And this is the false perception that things have changed and there is a lot to learn that made the OP feel powerless. You're not helping him by reiterating the bullshit that have scared him in the first place.
You're trying to make an (extremely weak) reductio ad absurdum argument, an intellectually bankrupt solipsist.
There's no point engaging you with anything more than exasperation, especially since the guy's asking for help, not useless snark.
Actually, to be completely honest, because you've made me angry now, only an asshole would say something like that to someone asking for help.