I weirdly get depressed about this a lot. Like I just imagine some programmer guy, with the best intent in the world, adding in code to let websites know you’re using a phone so that you can make super good content that fits a phone perfectly and increase experience to every user.
Only for the next day some rich monopoly company being like “lol let’s use it to block access to our website, and force people onto our app”. :(
I think developers for Valve specifically have very high salaries and an incredible amount of autonomy to determine their own projects. A lot of Valve devs get paid a lot of money to contribute to upstream open source projects like Linux and Proton so games can run better on Linux; that sounds like a very specific example that fits this.
I weirdly get depressed about this a lot. Like I just imagine some programmer guy, with the best intent in the world, adding in code to let websites know you’re using a phone so that you can make super good content that fits a phone perfectly and increase experience to every user.
Only for the next day some rich monopoly company being like “lol let’s use it to block access to our website, and force people onto our app”. :(
I know a couple of old head programmers in their 60s who deeply lament the world they’ve created. So… you’re not alone lmao.
I’m 30 and sometimes I resent the code I write
I’m [redacted]-years-old and I resent nearly all code I write or read or have to execute anymore.
Is any developer both happy with their salary and also developing something not resent-worthy?
Passionate indie game devs?
Are even 1% of those actually happy with their salary? I doubt it.
I think developers for Valve specifically have very high salaries and an incredible amount of autonomy to determine their own projects. A lot of Valve devs get paid a lot of money to contribute to upstream open source projects like Linux and Proton so games can run better on Linux; that sounds like a very specific example that fits this.
I have heard these claims too. If true, I dig it, that’d make oooone company…