12/14   i've been contemplating a serious career change, back to teaching
        english.  maybe not in the same form.  i've been how in japan
        there hasn't been enough people with computer skills to handle
        the job requirements so maybe i might try something like that
        there.  but today really disturbed me.  at work two of the senior
        guys were talking about "weeding people out."  i think the thing
        that got to me was the tone that they used.  it was snobbish and
        elitist.  it got me thinking about how the industry works and
        what's been going on.  it's pretty sad actually.  there's quite
        a bit of arrogance on behalf of computer science people.  then i
        read an article over on slashdot which discussed how computer
        science people wanted to be laisse faire regarding policies in
        government.  there's obviously this double
        standard/paradox/oxymoron that is going on that's really irking
        me.  the thing it seems is that computer science people are these
        ayn rand clones that believe they can live in a world of their
        own and as long as no one disturbs them they won't do anything.
        but the thing is that's not realistic and far too egocentric in
        thinking.  it sucks that there are people in CS who do it for the
        money or don't have as sincere of an interest in the field, but
        people have to eat and live.  that's just life.  the problem with
        that mentality is that it still creates an elitism, a social
        divide that does affect people.  i've seen people at interviews
        that have kids and need jobs.  maybe they aren't the best people
        for the job, but you're not going to get perfection.  i dunno.
        it really sickens me to hear that.
        i've become so paranoid that i trust no one at this point.  i
        suspect everyone of doing wrong and being the enemy.  it sucks.
        the thing that's really sad is that i like computing.  but it's
        the people that fuck it up.  same as music.  i like metallica's
        (old) music but i hate them.  i'm starting to think the whole net
        thing is going to end up being like the ending of jurassic park
        1 where everyone, especially the chief scientist, realize that
        it's something that man shouldn't handle because he's incapable
        of the responsibility.  so the secret must be hidden from man
        until he's ready.  perhaps the net revolution will collapse on
        itself as it seems it's doing until it's only utilized by
        researchers in universities again.
        \_ Now _THIS_ is a troll.  Watch and learn, people.
        \_ Buddy, get laid and relax a little. It's only work.
        \_ psb, is that you?
           \- no, you cant just do a key word match. --psb
        \_ See kids, this is what happens when you smoke pot and go to college
        \_ This poster is clearly an idiot or someone posing as one, but (at
           the risk becoming troll bait) I do think libertarians are really
           misguided... and there is a curiously large number of libertarian
           programmers for some reason. anyone have a guess as to why?
           \_ The real world is a messy place. I think these libertarian
              programmers don't like that -- they want to try to reduce
              the world to a small set of simple principals that sweeps
              all the messiness under the rug.