Lady @Lady@cat.family

this is the sort of thing i’ve been doing at work lately https://ucsb-library.gitlab.io/notes/~kibigo/2022-01-10/deno-rails/

@aescling « funded by the people and acting on their behalf and in their interests » was a qualification not a consequence

@aescling yes, i would much rather they had direct deposited, it takes a while for a check to get here from california and it could always get lost in the mail

@aescling i mean i deposited it online

@witchfynder_finder Neither of them went to UW! 🎉

@witchfynder_finder WSU fans are very devoted but UW fans are complete trash

@witchfynder_finder meanwhile if you want to computers your best option is to find people who build bridges which don’t fail and work for them

@witchfynder_finder computers are much much more a trade skill than college makes them out to be, and unlike Actual Engineering, they do not have classes at university which teach you the practical or ethical skills you will need so really your only option is to learn them in the field

as someone who computers, do i love this situation? no, i would rather colleges implement practical classes akin to physical engineering’s “how not to kill people when building a bridge” kind of coursework. but these classes are not what $$$ employers want, so it will take a significant number of bridges failing before that happens

@witchfynder_finder i think the absolute last thing anyone should do is go to college and learn computers and this isn’t even a controversial opinion among people who do computers