Reads like an attention seeking rant, anecdotal and full of personal biases.
Useful as a data point of the state of mind of an technical person of some experience, a certain life journey etc. But what else to conclude?
Software clearly has changed quite a bit in the past decades, but arguably quite a bit less than hardware and probably not measurably enough to require a different mental wiring from developers.
What has changed massively is the economics of the tech industry. But that is a different story.
exactly, as if "passionate" people haven't existed before, nor will exist in the future. If however you're working "for free" outside the hours you're paid for. You're the not the sharpest tool in the shed. If you're good at something, never do anything free.
maybe he realizes people around him are creating an actual work/life balance and this is the end of the "10x engineer" whatever that is.
Useful as a data point of the state of mind of an technical person of some experience, a certain life journey etc. But what else to conclude?
Software clearly has changed quite a bit in the past decades, but arguably quite a bit less than hardware and probably not measurably enough to require a different mental wiring from developers.
What has changed massively is the economics of the tech industry. But that is a different story.