You underestimate the odds of talent in a population of 8 billion humans.
> If you think you’re all that, don’t blame your company for “not getting the opportunity”. Please. You already have all the tools you need to code. Make something cool!
There are neurosurgery robots operating with my code running in the background for several years now. I am now working on ophthalmic surgery software for sub-retinal operations. I would think that is actually kind of pretty "cool!".
However, I still know full well that I am a cog in a big machine. I still know full well that my impact is not world shattering. And I still very much think "fuck you pay me!".
My self worth is pinned by family and friends. Work is fun but it's a side quest. If you think differently that is ok, and so am I.
Stephen Jay Gould in "The Panda's Thumb": "I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops"
> There are neurosurgery robots operating with my code running in the background for several years now. I am now working on ophthalmic surgery software for sub-retinal operations. I would think that is actually kind of pretty "cool!".
That’s super cool dude! Surgery robots are pretty world shattering for the people whose lives are saved by them. Contributing to that sounds like something well worth feeling proud of too.
You underestimate the odds of talent in a population of 8 billion humans.
> If you think you’re all that, don’t blame your company for “not getting the opportunity”. Please. You already have all the tools you need to code. Make something cool!
There are neurosurgery robots operating with my code running in the background for several years now. I am now working on ophthalmic surgery software for sub-retinal operations. I would think that is actually kind of pretty "cool!".
However, I still know full well that I am a cog in a big machine. I still know full well that my impact is not world shattering. And I still very much think "fuck you pay me!".
My self worth is pinned by family and friends. Work is fun but it's a side quest. If you think differently that is ok, and so am I.