I tries the full stack quiz - IMO it is horrible. Bunch of javascript spaghetti code with ++i + i++ like idiotic questions and some basic SQL. Do you really guys think that calculating inside your head some shamanic expressions will evaluate objectively the engineering experience?
what is the meaning of "too late"? the planet will survive, the organisms will adapt, humanity will die so what? maybe some amebas will evolve into something more peaceful that the savages we have become.
You are working in a company that is using the smartest people to optimize the ad conversion funnel to sell to people some useless bullshit. At least your grandfather saw the result of his work.
consume less, be moderate, have a healthy lifestyle, avoid civilization and have an abundance of happiness! and MOST important - don't read stupid comments on HN haha
The capitalism that we have rn is actually a form of socialism :)
I don't want to be that pessimistic about 3rd world war, a horrible solution to a big problem.
I think humanity has a chance to have abundance, we need to be united and don't trust governments and banks and medical institutions, I can see that a lot of people are going through a healing phase of their mental state, they giving up all of the brainwashings and taking a red pill.
Question is - will everybody use his chance on time? We will see.
Peace.
because we live in the real world and deal with real humans. Karl Marx never worked a single day in his life and created an ideology for people who believe in unicorns.
His work is a criticism of Adam Smith's theories, not a self-sustainable solution.
I read the comments and see there are two types of engineers - conservatives and liberals, those who work for big corporations, draw UML diagrams with factories, bridges and facades and throwing arguments that because of some regulations or privacy policies your architecture can change and you need to be prepared for it. Those guys are right.
More liberal engineers are saying that keeping code simple is the key and to keep it simple you need to be smart and creative. Those guys are right as well.
Now back to reality, the conservative developers will always work on the code that was written by liberal developers because the latter deliver sh*t in time that works and carry the business on their shoulders, where the first makes it work in another scale.
Conclusion - there are different types of engineers and our responsibility is to accept that humans are not machines and somebody likes to CREATE vision and value, others like to manage huge system that are complex.