Good talk. What Nikhil describes hasn't been my specific experience (of late), but I admit I'm privileged in various ways. If this talk is valuable/helpful/cathartic to people who are going through what he describes, then I'm glad. Professionals of all backgrounds should be respected and esteemed, and those who had to struggle more should be respected more (but god only knows when we'll achieve that). BTW, your blog is both hilarious and insightful, Nikhil, props for that also!
I think it's worse now than ever before, development has moved into service provision with the advent of the agile, ftm, mvp model, as such you are not a value-add or profit centre.
I think its because you cant put your name on every line of code. The app works or it does not, the CFO, CEO and GM dont give a shit who you are or what your individual contribution is.
@@jaythefox When I posted this to Mastodon, I asked everyone to flip a coin and either say "this guy is a real piece of work" or that I'm the next Steve Jobs, and now regret my actions.
This Steve Jobs seems like a real piece of work
This guy seems like a real coin landing on it's edge.
I don’t understand the comments
Because that's literally what Nikhil asked readers to do on his Mastodon account: mastodon.sprawl.club/@ludicity/113066039763259329
this is the next Steve Jobs
This seem job guy steves like a real piece of work
this guy is the next piece of work
Good talk. What Nikhil describes hasn't been my specific experience (of late), but I admit I'm privileged in various ways. If this talk is valuable/helpful/cathartic to people who are going through what he describes, then I'm glad. Professionals of all backgrounds should be respected and esteemed, and those who had to struggle more should be respected more (but god only knows when we'll achieve that). BTW, your blog is both hilarious and insightful, Nikhil, props for that also!
I am a little envious :)
I think it's worse now than ever before, development has moved into service provision with the advent of the agile, ftm, mvp model, as such you are not a value-add or profit centre.
@ Well yes true, and also the loudest voices seem feverishly desperate to replace us all with AI!
Almost drowned in this guy's blog but my wife pulled me out thank god.
This guy seems like a real piece of work. But a good talk nonetheless.
this guy seems like a real piece of Steve Jobs
I'll take it
This guy's job is seeming like a piece of Steve work
I'm a confused Rust and C nerd who likes MongoDB.
this piece of work seems like a real Steve Jobs
This guy seems like a Steve Jobs piece of work.
Now every exec thinks AI can do everything so it’s worse
I think its because you cant put your name on every line of code. The app works or it does not, the CFO, CEO and GM dont give a shit who you are or what your individual contribution is.
And yet that's *literally* what you do when you use a source control system like Git, you put your name next to every line of code .🙄
Steve jobs when he does a real piece of work
this is the next steve jobs
this guy seems like a real piece of work
It might seem like that to you, but I can assure you he's speaking to very real experience.
@@jaythefox When I posted this to Mastodon, I asked everyone to flip a coin and either say "this guy is a real piece of work" or that I'm the next Steve Jobs, and now regret my actions.
this guy seems like a real piece of coin flipping.
this guy seems like a real piece of work
this is the next Steve Jobs
this guy seems like a real piece of work
this is the next Steve Jobs
This guy seems like a real piece of work
this is the next Steve Jobs