because young devs are treating their careers as careers. nothing wrong with that.
us “greybeards” treat it as a hobby and a career.
IMO software development will be dead in 20 years when the “greybeards” retire and there’s going to be a HUGE brain drain on older tech that the younger generation refuse to work on because it doesn’t further their career.
think of it to something akin to doctors who heal for the pay and not to help people.
I solve problems with software because I seek the challenge. I haven’t seen that kind of objective from younger engineers.
If I was between my 20s-40s right now I would be learning COBOL and FORTRAN. going to be a lot of demand in the next few years around that for US civil infrastructure.
Idk. As an engineer that already works 60 hours a week, the last thing I want to do with my remaining free time is spend more time in front of my computer on another project working for free. Not to mention, most engineers sign a lot of bullshit legal paperwork stipulating that their employer owns all the code they write, even in their free time, which makes it hard to get involved.
If I didn’t need to work for a living, seems like a worthy cause though.
I hope you figure out how to set boundaries. 60 hours of working time is 8 am to 8 pm 6 days per week. You will have heart problems, and soon. You will have hair problems (if male) and soon. You will have relationship problems and depression. Same deal for metabolic conditions like prediabetes from sitting so long.
Don’t give your health to fatten your CEOs paycheck.
You should be aiming for 35 if you can (9-5, x5) if that.
I feel like by the time Trump and elin and the project 2025 gang have finished having their way with the government there won’t be any demand for COBOL or FORTRAN. It’ll all have been burned down to the ground.
because young devs are treating their careers as careers. nothing wrong with that.
us “greybeards” treat it as a hobby and a career.
IMO software development will be dead in 20 years when the “greybeards” retire and there’s going to be a HUGE brain drain on older tech that the younger generation refuse to work on because it doesn’t further their career.
think of it to something akin to doctors who heal for the pay and not to help people.
I solve problems with software because I seek the challenge. I haven’t seen that kind of objective from younger engineers.
If I was between my 20s-40s right now I would be learning COBOL and FORTRAN. going to be a lot of demand in the next few years around that for US civil infrastructure.
Idk. As an engineer that already works 60 hours a week, the last thing I want to do with my remaining free time is spend more time in front of my computer on another project working for free. Not to mention, most engineers sign a lot of bullshit legal paperwork stipulating that their employer owns all the code they write, even in their free time, which makes it hard to get involved.
If I didn’t need to work for a living, seems like a worthy cause though.
I hope you figure out how to set boundaries. 60 hours of working time is 8 am to 8 pm 6 days per week. You will have heart problems, and soon. You will have hair problems (if male) and soon. You will have relationship problems and depression. Same deal for metabolic conditions like prediabetes from sitting so long.
Don’t give your health to fatten your CEOs paycheck.
You should be aiming for 35 if you can (9-5, x5) if that.
I feel like by the time Trump and elin and the project 2025 gang have finished having their way with the government there won’t be any demand for COBOL or FORTRAN. It’ll all have been burned down to the ground.
I agree sorta. servers will still be there, but nobody will know how to turn them on and run them.