I often get the sense that I’m in the only one here doing manual labor but I’m sure there are others.

Identify yourselves.

  • Nate Cox@programming.dev
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    7 days ago

    Are you me? I’m also a lazy tech schlub now who was formerly a paint store warehouse worker, home renovation worker, etc.

    Fully agree that everyone going into tech should spend real time working hard labor and retail. I genuinely feel that my non-tech experiences made me a better person and a better tech schlub.

    I remember tech coworkers complaining that the wall filled with free snacks and candy didn’t have the right kind of snacks and candy, and having to hold myself back from going full Everett True.

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      7 days ago

      Man i feel that complaining about the free snacks 100%.

      Covid was so hard for some of these kids because they had to fend for themselves during the work day while working from home. Constant complaints.

      You and i would get along great i bet :D