• Cyborganism@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    Sometimes I regret my choice of doing software engineering only to be glued to a computer my whole adult life working at optimizing systems for large corporations to maximize their already huge profit and contributing nothing of significant value to humanity.

    I’d rather be riding around on an ATV outdoors with the sun and trees and flowers and birds collecting soil and rocks and stuff.

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      3 months ago

      Apply to the public sector ? I’m doing that, fuck waking up to increase profit margins of someone else

  • VitoRobles@lemmy.today
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    3 months ago

    My drinking buddy is a neuroscientist.

    Same story. Went to college uncertain what he wanted. Did liberal arts, realized he was always curious about how the brain works, and just kept pushing through.

    He’s not really sure how he was going to make a living, but he’s good at what he does and it’s the only thing that keeps him going.

    A few drinking sessions prior, we celebrated over him submitting a paper that took five years to write.