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It's unsettling to read that my software job is entirely dependent on all of this, seemingly unsustainable, work.
by cosmic_quanta 10mo ago
It's unsettling to read that my software job is entirely dependent on all of this, seemingly unsustainable, work.
- sevensor 10mo agoI don’t think it’s unsustainable, it’s just an unpleasant result of supply and demand in the labor market. In Taiwan, TSMC hires PhDs to do this. Maybe there’s a smarter way to run a fab, but labor costs are a tiny fraction of capital costs, and “grind through recent college grads” has worked so far, so why change?