• @Potatos_are_not_friends
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    7 months ago

    The post literally above this one is about a manufacturing job with shit hours and pay and I work a 8-4 (sometimes longer) but im paid abnormally high (we start new devs at 70k and average dev is six figures).

    But the other stuff like free time can absolutely suffer as even at the senior level, I’m taking so many courses and outside education to stay relevant.

    • @HootinNHollerin
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      47 months ago

      Software also gets a plethora of remote work. I have zero sympathy as a mechanical and manufacturing engineer.

      • @chiliedogg
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        17 months ago

        I work almost 100% on a computer for a municipality using software that’s already 100% web-based.

        But I have to drive 90+ minutes each way every day because a citizen might want to have an in-person meeting once every few weeks instead of an email or Teams meeting.

          • @chiliedogg
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            27 months ago

            Oh, I’m not a programmer. I’m just bitching about how many of us have to go to an office for no reason.