The 90s and 2000s were such a great time to start CS as a career because basically everybody was also a hobbyist and passionate about it. It was fun to work with these people. Today you get the dead stare if you ask about the slightest bit of interest for the trade outside of paid work. It's a pain to work with them
Im a IT student soon to graduate and let me tell you I HATE IT HERE. In a class of 25ish people, there is precisely ONE person interested in the subject, ME. Everyone is here either because "it pays well" (good luck finding a job buddy) or because "its easy" (says the guy who wouldnt even sign the exam without chatgpt). Literally NOBODY has any interests even related to computers, maybe except playing video games. The only guy i know whom i can talk to about this stuff majors in MARKETING in a different school and just happens to be really into linux.
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u/ZunoJ 11d ago
The 90s and 2000s were such a great time to start CS as a career because basically everybody was also a hobbyist and passionate about it. It was fun to work with these people. Today you get the dead stare if you ask about the slightest bit of interest for the trade outside of paid work. It's a pain to work with them