The problem is this bizarre set of expectations that's sprung up with some folks. Sex isn't equal. It never has been. It never will be. Think about it for real for a minute.
> The issue is really, how do we motivate the distribution of food (and other goods and services) to those who need it but can't justify to the producers and distributors and provide for it?
People shouldn't have to justify their existence based on some other group's favorite economic model. That seems weird and needlessly cruel.
I was in sort of the same position, and I found that my prior experience gave me a decent framework to hang new information on. I only realized this after 9 months of solid panic.
> I've always managed to solve the problems in front of me but in a "hacky way" and now the issue was totally revealed to me.
You solved the problem in a way that makes sense for solo development. Hardcoded values suck for other people. What's been revealed to you is that you don't know what interfacing with other people looks like.
Once you get a handle on communication I think you'll find that a lot of your experience is directly transferrable. What makes you a senior developer is your understanding of the process you're operating within.
The subtext of this entire conversation is that you'll never be able to talk "freely" in front of subordinates, so you need to either pine for yesteryear or take another look at your power dynamics.
This is what everyone decided they wanted twenty years ago. Loss of public space was a huge topic of conversation, and the end consensus (IMHO) was that the internet itself was the public space and everyone was free to make something.
From that perspective this looks like a conversation about ease of access rather than free speech. Amazon's the only way to build something on Amazon, but nothing's stopping me from creating something myself.
I don't see being able to buy eyeballs on the cheap as a fundamental right. If you care enough, build it. If others care, they'll come.
There are a surprising number of Christians in CS, but they're generally of the more contemplative kind. I definitely remember people being uncomfortable with that but big enough to not make much of a fuss about it.
I'm guessing it's been slowly changed by people big enough to realize the name doesn't matter.