I think it’s the fallacy of being in the tech industry. Before I got into “tech” aka a software engineer job I thought how cool that people work together on OS projects and build interesting tools and hack some random device to run doom.
Then I got a job and found that all these cool OS projects were used for commercial purposes or re-engineered to work for the company. Over time this kind of mindset of making everything “work” (like, for money) took over and it made me cynical.
Now I’m personally focusing on the hobby aspect and making cool apps and backends for apps that I think would be great for the world. I’m a community minded person and I really love seeing people get along and thrive, so how can I build something to motivate that part of living in a society? I’m not sure it will go anywhere but I’m going to keep learning all the things to make what I find interesting. :shrug:
Then I got a job and found that all these cool OS projects were used for commercial purposes or re-engineered to work for the company. Over time this kind of mindset of making everything “work” (like, for money) took over and it made me cynical.
Now I’m personally focusing on the hobby aspect and making cool apps and backends for apps that I think would be great for the world. I’m a community minded person and I really love seeing people get along and thrive, so how can I build something to motivate that part of living in a society? I’m not sure it will go anywhere but I’m going to keep learning all the things to make what I find interesting. :shrug: