Tech ain't that deep - and that's a problem | deadSimpleTech
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With that in mind, it became fairly clear to me that the tech industry these days has a depth problem: as much as tech is becoming quite a bit more complex, it's also becoming shallower. Learning new things in tech these days, as often as not, simply doesn't give me the same feeling of satisfaction or achievement as learning or writing C back in the first years of my career did. Being effective in tech these days feels as though it's less about understanding than it is about memorising a big list of buzzwords and all of the catches associated with them. And while LLMs have certainly pushed this into overdrive, the issue has existed, in one form or another, for quite a while now.

Why is learning C so much more generally useful than learning React? What I mean by the last point is that learning C tends to develop skills that are useful in a lot of other parts of software and tech work: if you know how to write decent C, you’ll have a much easier time of understanding PostgreSQL internals, for example, while if you’ve learned React, it’s anyone’s guess as to whether or not that’ll actually improve your HTML skills, for example.

  • insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    With the language I use I could benefit (interop) though I like the abstraction because I’m doing everything on my own (programming/gamedev, 3D art, sounds, workflow, ideas) and don’t practice those enough as-is! At this point I just need to do anything.

    Stalled motivation because I can’t even share my last project (that I actually finished!) due to system issues I also have to fix/sidestep (would be a bit easier with a different GPU, no guarantee I’ll get one for a price I find fair).

    Aside from getting things in order, I might look at a blue programming (assuming it is C) book with a cool cover I remember my dad having (if he ever finds it). Fuzzy memory means I can’t find it online, so no idea if it even holds up.