Zhihu hot discussion: What is the sorrow of programmers?

Recently I saw an interesting question on Zhihu, "What is the sadness of programmers?"

Many people think that programmers "lose their hair, work overtime, are stressed, and work too hard." Labels such as "fishing" are sad, but in fact this is just the public's stereotyped image of this, not the real sadness of programmers

After all, these labels are also common in other industries, but for programs For the programmer group, these labels have been amplified by the Internet, so they appear particularly sad

But in fact, the sadness of programmers comes from the inherent common problems of our programmers group

Only focus on Implementation of technology, not business logic

When most programmers learn technology, they only care about implementation of technology and do not consider more business logic

Frequently The picture is:

It is precisely because of this that we have the enemy of product managers. Foreign product managers are more concerned with promoting commercial business, while domestic product managers are more concerned with product details. Control

Therefore, programmers' ability to perform is further limited. Their daily work is to wait for product and design flow charts to be given, and execute them step by step according to the drawings

This not only restricts themselves Thinking and growing the business, and when the project fails, the programmer may be the first to take the blame

Only focus on sharing technology, not business logic

Open source spirit It is highly respected by programmers. The sharing of various project hosting websites, learning materials, and videos has created a large number of programmers who have entered the Internet across industries

If there were not so many open source technologies now, it is estimated that more than half of them would be on the market. programmers had to be laid off

However, it is precisely because of the open source spirit of programmers that a large number of talents have poured in. After all, environmental engineering students only need to devote the energy of publishing an SCI article to become a professional Junior programmers, join the programmer interview army

The result is that there are more and more junior talents, more and more involution, and finally retire early at the age of 35, and the best interviewer stands out

If a seemingly high-tech professional talent becomes a hero in the early stage, as soon as the second year of school recruitment comes, he will find that he is very likely to be upside down

Thinking that career development is linear growth

Boiled frogs in warm water may be found in various industries, but in other industries, warm water may be slowly steamed, but for programmers, before the water temperature rises, someone will take a net bag away

I once saw that before starting a project, the boss gave you a bonus to encourage you to complete the technology, but after the project was completed and went online, most of the programmers were hired in order to save costs, leaving a small number of employees for maintenance

As a programmer who is a hero in the early stage, it is okay when you are young and you can quickly find the next job, but it becomes uncomfortable when you are older

This is because many people think of programmers according to their inertia. Career development is a linear model, and it will get better and better in the future. But in most cases, for programmers, career development is parabolic, growing first and then declining

If there is no plan to prepare, the future will be very uncomfortable. , of course, those who transfer half of their jobs in advance are not included here

Instead of boiling a frog in warm water, it is better to proactively plan for the future. So how to do it specifically?

Even if programmers retire at the age of 35, it is only for junior programmers. The life cycle of technical experts is much longer

After all, wage growth based on seniority is not sustainable. What supports wage growth is the continuous improvement of technology

Not only do you need to understand technology, but you also need a deeper understanding of the underlying logic in order to be able to use your skills on core daily issues.

Value, so even if you optimize, it will be difficult to optimize for yourself

It is easy to form an information cocoon in the technical circle, just like the streaming media recommended by various algorithms now, which only recommend content that interests you. , the content that is helpful but not interesting to you is getting farther and farther away from you

At the same time, after dealing with the computer for a long time, you don’t want to communicate with others anymore, and you become more and more trapped in an information cocoon

So you have to get away from your computer desk and communicate with people

As long as you keep spreading your legs and opening your mouth, you will find that many opportunities in the future will be with people. It came out of the collision and friction in communication

Why did you change your career to become a programmer? Isn’t that because the salary is high

If you want to plan for the future in advance, it is best to try to understand more part-time jobs and side jobs, and know how money can come from besides salary

It’s good to earn at least 1 yuan, because many projects start with 1 yuan and then snowball into bigger ones

Only side jobs start to make continuous profits, so what about the 35-year-old crisis, early retirement, etc. There is no need to consider the crisis

Programmers’ sorrow will disappear

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Every industry has its sorrows. Although the sorrow of programmers is magnified, it is still the most promising position.

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