This is a poor analogy. "Wayland sucks!" isn't a conspiracy theory, its an opinion. There is no basis in truth to the statement "Santa Claus is awesome."
Developing software is difficult and thankless, even if FOSS. I don't know what else to say other than this article feels like a waste of space.
Entered my community college without any ambitions and had a 0.9 GPA my first semester. My major was undeclared and chose a random assortment of classes, passing my intro to psych class with a B and failing all other with an F. Ended up getting arrested for drug possessions charges. After that turned my GPA (3.92) around graduating from my community college with an AA in Liberal Arts: Humanities degree.
Transferred to another college pursuing a BA in Philosophy. Out of curiosity and to challenge myself decided to take Calculus (I was good at math in HS, but stopped after pre-calc). I did pretty well and enjoyed it. Decided to pursue some more math classes. Also took an intro to programming class since I was somewhat curious in this. Realizing I had a growing debt, $0 to my name, and no real career plans at this point I decided to pursue Math and eventually become an Actuary.
However after a couple more CS classes it was apparent this is what I wanted to be doing with my life, and it depressed me to read about what career advancements in being an actuary actually entailed. Quickly crammed in some more CS classes and graduated with a BS in Math, BA in CS and a minor in Philosophy.
My "decision" to join the tech industry was purely happenstance. I do not believe if it weren't for a series of events happening around those times in a quick succession I would have ended up here.
Edit: Added some detail regarding my original course selection.
Most people decide to quit because they feel Facebook is a threat to these. I know some people have left Facebook because of privacy concerns, but I feel that has a correlation with anxiety. I know anxiety encompasses more than just privacy as well. But if you feel your privacy is threatened, you will experience some degree of anxiety.
So these results should come as no surprise. If they didn't experience any of these benefits, why would they not join Facebook again? What other reasons do people who have left Facebook remain off of Facebook without these reasons?
Agreed. 95th percentile of Olympic pole vaulter's? 95th percentile of horse jockey's? If you limit your scope the scope of what you are trying to achieve it gets much more competitive.
I would leave. I had a job last April and I left it in November because it was so boring. I keep jobs where I find I am in a win-win scenario. If I am learning and doing things I find interesting and I feel my contributions are appreciated I continue the work. My interview process at the last company was deceptive as well. I should have left sooner.
Yeah because if we pay a restaurant worker $100 an hour, they will eat 10 as much...right? The reason of why this might be beneficial is likely because restaurant workers aren't just paying for car insurance, rent, health insurance, etc, and can afford a luxury-- like eating out.
To some extent I find standups useful for joining a team. It helps me understand how to team operates, who the experts are, the team's struggle points, etc. But yes, after a short while they do begin to feel mostly pointless.