spatiality comments on November 2014 Monthly Bragging Thread - Less Wrong

13 Post author: elharo 01 November 2014 08:49PM

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Comment author: spatiality 20 November 2014 01:57:40PM 2 points [-]

This is really cool! congrats!!

Comment author: therufs 20 November 2014 07:42:34PM 1 point [-]

Thanks! It was a lot of work and anxiety, but I still feel like I figured out a cheat code. :D

Comment author: elharo 23 November 2014 07:00:43PM *  0 points [-]

You did. Demand for computer professionals is noticeably higher than the supply. It therefore is much easier to become a highly paid computer professional than a successful doctor/lawyer/teacher/writer/police officer/scientist/musician/real estate agent/salesperson/etc.

Unlike WoW and other MMORPGs, nothing in the real world requires different character classes to be balanced in leveling, power, and effort. Being a computer professional in the early 21st century is like playing the game on easy mode.

Comment author: therufs 26 November 2014 02:42:24PM -1 points [-]

Well, yes -- I wouldn't have spent a bunch of time on a line of work that I didn't think would pan out.

But what I was getting at is the idea that the status quo is actually highly mutable.