the other side

I'm happy to be lucky that my last two jobs have been either writing code for scientific charities or safety software. I'm fairly sure my code has never once harmed anyone, and may have even saved lives, maybe... Maybe it's not important enough to actively save a life, but it at least stopped people making stupid mistakes that could lead to people dying.

Thank you for your service!

Thank you for creating non-fiction!

That was by accident!

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Despair, Resignation, Apathy. Thank you for adhering to our company values.

This is how I felt when I used to work in insurance. Glad I got out.

The lie they tell you is that your replaceable. Fuck em, without you they have to work just a bit harder to maintain control...

Could be worse; they could be a product manager

I've seen all these complaints for the product owner/manager doing nothing and maybe I have different experiences, but the one in my team seems to say least somewhat keep up with what the business wants and what the developers can accomplish. Albeit still just a middle manager that doesn't do much actual work. The scrum master on the other hand does literally nothing but pretend to act as a bad babysitter for the team and doesn't provide anything. Can't truly grasp what he gets paid for other than having a scrum master certificate (presumably writing his name in crayon on it).
- Good product managers are worth their weight in gold. Most aren't good.
  Good scrum masters are worth their weight in lead.

This is how my Dad feels after designing switches for smartphones. He's always proud to say that there's likely a piece of technology in your hand that he's designed, but he also hates phones.

FUCK AUTO CORRECT

I work in automotive manufacturing, but am very anti-car. similar idea.
yes, your big ass bronco has parts on it that were put together by tooling I designed. and I think you're an asshole for driving it around the city after dark, with your giant box blocking my vision, blind spots blocking yours, and LED headlights blinding everybody
Like data switches or the physical buttons?
- It's on the chips. It's similar to a data switch, but on a waaaaaaay smaller scale. If you have an Android device, it's in there.
  We've argued about this a lot. He doesn't like to call them that.
  I have half of an idea as to what I'm talking about, I am NOT an electrical engineer.
  The term "electronic switch" is so old. He doesn't like to use it anymore. Saying "data" helps specify what you're talking about, but it's a misnomer because the switch may serve another function. It's a whole thing, man.

I'm in this comic and I don't like it.

Damn, this is a deep cut.

We tech workers really are class traitors.

Bro you might be I just make cataloguing software for libraries and shit. There are massive swathes of the tech industry that aren't FAANG and sketchy startups.
- Actually, looking it up it appears health tech is one of the biggest employers as a block, so maybe my thinking is a little skewed.
  I'll amend my comment to mean tech workers at big, monopolistic tech companies, or those with aspirations.
Autonomy in "what is produced" is stiffled under the system of wage labor.
No we aren't one cartoon doesn't define you.
Now if you're coding something intentionally addicting and soul crushing yes you're bad.
- Ofc. We're class traitors, but also victims. We have slightly more bargaining power (for now) than the average worker, so I think we deserve that much more flak.