It always pains me when I see fellow software developers call other projects "shit."
Especially when the "shit" represents man-decades of hard work, like a browser or an OS.
C'mon. If you don't know how hard this stuff is, then you're a n00b.
Sure, we can always find fault and call everything shit, but is that kind of venting making anything better?
Maybe it makes you feel better, but every time we indulge in this kind of thing we're making tech a more hostile place to work and/or play.
On Twitter I gradually started un-following people I felt were overly negative/hostile - a deliberate filter bubble to keep myself from getting depressed about my industry.
Software development in general, and InfoSec in particular, can be really nasty. A lot of toxic discourse! A lot. It gets me down. 👴
I think the #Fediverse is still too small for that though, I haven't yet found enough interesting happy folks to replace the grumpy negative voices. All in good time...
@whvholst Geek culture is weird.
I strongly suspect this is part of our diversity problem, but I have no proof.
@HerraBRE I think our pervasive autism is a factor. An inability to sugarcoat things or to apply social lubricants.
@HerraBRE And yes, our lack of diverstiy is quite likely caused by exactly this.
@HerraBRE *signed
And there is nothing wrong about a filter bubble in social media, as the content comes flooding to you. No one should be forced by society to consume a constant stream of stuff he doesn't like at all.
You can still get other views by actively searching for it.
@HerraBRE I have found here, a lot of really positive people who really boost me up when I'm feeling stressed out. I hope you can cultivate a similar community here!
@denjin Thanks! As I said, I think it will just take some time for people to join and me to find them.
I'd also like to think the grumpies can also just change their tune, but that will... also take time. 😉
@HerraBRE Had an argument this morning on Twatter with somebody, Public Sector supplier pretending to promote Future tech for Gov, that was wondering why they should use an #OpenSource alternative when corporation X made it so easy and convenient to use their product & push it to clueless public sector #CIO.
I guess sometime having those arguments on Twatter instead of face to face saves people from committing GBH.
Don't be so quick to throw the small ones back & keep composing more bait. 😉
@HerraBRE Yes, I must say that my bubble of IT-law people tends to be much less abrasive than the infosec scene, even among people with deep philosophical disagreements.