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Software engineers are facing an 'identity crisis bordering on depression,' Menlo Ventures partner says
(www.businessinsider.com)
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Those are two completely different sentences.
And I’m not sure why the shoe is on the other foot. The metaphor doesn’t make sense. You’re saying that people who want a stable career should go into entertainment?
The original poster was saying that same condescending advice CS majors would give other people in college, because now the shoe is on the other foot and CS majors are in the shit show just like everyone else is.
That's literally it. It's not that much deeper than that.
The two careers: computer science and entertainment.
Right, and you’re claiming entertainment is now more stable or lucrative than computer programming?