I'm not entirely sure I count myself as a successful programmer. I did build a couple payroll systems that was in place for about a decade. Built a web UI for AS400 back in 99. I started this whole journey from Photoshop 4.5 and it kinda snowballed from there.
What drove my "success" was a passion and curiosity. What I could do, tinker, and learn in the programming world was endless. I lived,breath, and sh!t JAVA, C++, VB, COBOL, js, HTML, etc, etc for about five years. My first year I camped in my cube, going back to my apt only for shower, and I wasn't even paid well for it. I made less than 30K/year.
Now I'm a SE in a DevOps/EDR company.I still code on the side for fun, but it's not a major focus of my job.
None yet that I've talked to directly, except of maybe 2. This isn't a brand new market, it is just one that my employer isn't focusing on because the ROI is too low for them.
Never said I subscribed to “If you build it they will come” thinking and it's not the question asked. I have no illusion on what it takes to build a product, then a company around it, and the amount of work it takes to make both successful.
The label "Antiwork" doesn't representation the movement doesn't it?
It's really about fair labour, I don't think most people want to not work. I think most people want to work in exchange for a livable resource, be it wages, work/life balance, recognition, etc. There are plenty of people who are willing to work hard to have a mundane life. A simple car, a apartment/suburban home, an annual vacation, affordable healthcare, education for their kids, nothing extravagant.
The issue is today's corp slave trade their employees and it's at a point where it's not sustainable anymore.
Hence, IMHO, it's less about antiwork, but more about fair labour.
What drove my "success" was a passion and curiosity. What I could do, tinker, and learn in the programming world was endless. I lived,breath, and sh!t JAVA, C++, VB, COBOL, js, HTML, etc, etc for about five years. My first year I camped in my cube, going back to my apt only for shower, and I wasn't even paid well for it. I made less than 30K/year.
Now I'm a SE in a DevOps/EDR company.I still code on the side for fun, but it's not a major focus of my job.