The article was specific about where the jobs shortages are. Electricians, construction, mathematicians (?)(wasn't aware the was a lot of dedicated math work in a data center design and build). Lay offs have been in software, design, and elsewhere.

Here in Seattle, it's wildly expensive to go out and we rarely do. When I lived in Portland it was inexpensive (and amazing) so almost everyone went out regularly which supported a ton of restaurants that completed against each other. Not sure what was different but the difference was night and day.

Curious what time period this was. For example, if you lived in Portland in 2019 and Seattle in 2023 it could just be inflation causing people to go out less.

Great point. Temporarily separated samplings would have that effect. However, I moved directly from Portland to Seattle. Further, I have returned to Portland and found it to be just as wonderful a place to eat out as before.

I disagree. Motivation is not just an emotion but an inherent desire. For a motivated engineer the balance between the work with pleasures and dreams is already won and pre-balanced for sustainable achievement.

I find the work itself rewarding and I find world improvement results reinforcing of my enjoyment. I want to code and I'm happy to direct that energy largely according to my employer's needs and our shared benefit. I can be given high level directives and refinement feedback over time. My observed results are faster, more effective progress as reported by internal and external stakeholders. I haven't minded becoming wealthier but it was never my primary motive.

As you note, there are other approaches.

> Motivation is not just an emotion but an inherent desire

Desires change as we grow up and life changes us.

The people you hire today, aren't going to be the same 3/6/9/12 months from now when a parent gets sick, a partner leaves, a child is born, when something suddenly changes their priority, etc.

Surely so. Also, for me it's been more than two decades and a partner has left, a child had been born, and parents are getting sick and starting to die. I still love coding.

That said, I'm working on transitioning to farming to get away from the psychology the industry seems committed to and has gotten worse while also I've become more aware as I have acted with greater scope and influence.

I'd love to find a place that would let me peacefully employ my love of coding and solving important problems in society but in a manner that also fit my life.

Not a luxury, a wisdom. Often the biggest shackles are our minds.

"Guns don't kill people, I do."

Blaming the technology for bad human behavior seems an error and it's not clear that the GP made it.

People could and likely will also increase economic activity, flexibility, and evolve how we participate in the world. The alternative would get pretty ugly pretty quick. My pitchfork is sharp and the powers that be prefer it continues being used on straw.

People without guns kill less.

The statistics are that our car use, pollution, and many other problems kill far more people.

But they have greater benefits like mobility and the bad things are a side effect of the use

But for weapons death is the result of their purpose.

That was by far the most hostile cookie banner I've ever seen by a lot. It required multiple levels of saying no with a bid level of clicking reject a few hundred times. It wasn't worth it.

Unless you pay for the subscription you can't reject all of it anyway.

* Data processing by advertising providers including personalised advertising with profiling - Consent required for free use

The full page reload after wasting all that time to realise I don't actually have a choice was a nice touch.

Delete the banner from the DOM. They can't process your data legally until you pressed that button. That's why the reload is. When you delete it, you never pressed the button.

Or just use noscript.

Note that this is considered not freely given consent by various data protection authorities, including the Dutch one (quite strongly; could find a source but would be in Dutch) and the European-wide collective of them (more weakly): https://www.edpb.europa.eu/news/news/2024/edpb-consent-or-pa... It's not like GDPR is new or dubiously worded on this aspect. They're willfully ignoring both ethical boundaries and the law

I don't know why people keep sending me / sharing Heise links. There's more than one news website in the world

I live and work in Seattle and I don't hate AI. Further, I know people here that are just as overly excited about AI as it's proponents on HN.

I've also heard complaints about the mandatory use of the tools in the office and the pageantry involved.

I've seen people in love with garbage they produced with AI.

I'm annoyed by the way they are being pushed in my face but hate is really too strong. I've tried using them and gotten total garbage. I think that's because my prompting sucks because I know people that love the tools and have shared great output from them. Those people are a minority in my opinion.

Trying to over simplify the experiences of humanity is a fool's game.

It is hard to perceive that which you are not aware exists even with obvious evidence in your face

Corporate structure and tools to be used in combination with social controls (i.e. culture) by the true believers can do the job.

And Valve has been deeply rewarded as a result. The stance that you must abuse customers to maximize economic success will be looked back upon as the stupidity it is.