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...
@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.
@whvholst Geek culture is weird.
I strongly suspect this is part of our diversity problem, but I have no proof.
@HerraBRE And yes, our lack of diverstiy is quite likely caused by exactly this.
@HerraBRE I think our pervasive autism is a factor. An inability to sugarcoat things or to apply social lubricants.