Post #3143604
2026-05-21 21:26 UTC
@thief_of_fire@infosec.exchange Different people and different stages of life. I used to type up HTML webpages from scratch. I learned CSS for a little while. But my life has since become full of non-tech stuff (plus the technical level I need now has far outstripped my skill or time available to learn). I'm super grateful that one of my sons is getting into building & running servers. I don't know if he'll ever get into code, & there won't be low level paid opportunities to learn. I was fortunate to get paid by one of my lecturers to convert the webpages he'd generated in PowerPoint into light weight HTML that could work over slow modems, which pushed me to learn animated gif creation. Where would such opportunities be now?
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@tarabara@indieweb.social 2026-05-21 22:55
@debe@mastodon.nz @thief_of_fire@infosec.exchange @odr_k4tana@infosec.exchange @Gargron@mastodon.social This. It's hard to take commentary from childless singles and DINKS in tech seriously when they do not factor in the caregiving and responsibility load of the average non-tech worker: *Kids *Aging parents *Careers outside of tech *Social circles outside of tech *Community/volunteer work *etc. other commitments/responsibilities I know many intelligent people who are dead exhausted at the end of the day. Offloading the tech stuff is a legit need.