aevaMar 19
i told my mom about my backup career plan (simply become a successful independent artist working in a medium I've never worked in significantly before) if the kleptocapitalists who are ripping the figurative copper out of the walls manage to crash the video games industry hard enough that i have to consider regular programming as a backup plan which they're also working around the clock to wall off, and she didn't try to talk me out of it lol
Show threadFabian GiesenMar 19
@aeva I guess the good news is that with the AI boosters coming after all white-collar jobs is that suddenly "successful independent artist" or "successful musician" sounds exactly as sensible as a life plan to normies as "soulless paper-pusher at an office 9-to-5"
Show threadFabian GiesenMar 19
@aeva want a career that's unlikely to be disrupted by AI in the near future? *leans over conspiratorially* Get into plumbing!
Show threadmymMar 19
@rygorous @aeva tbh i would like to be less up in plumbing
Show threadFabian GiesenMar 19
@mym @aeva wouldn't everyone
Show threadaevaMar 19
@rygorous @mym in theory it should be fun (pipe puzzle mini games are fun that's basically the same thing right) except for the part where you're perpetually covered in plumbing residue
Show threadFabian GiesenMar 19
@aeva @mym having done some plumbing maintenance at a big facility looong ago, there was very little putting down of new pipes and absolutely no rotating them while a fluid was slowly approaching, but rather a lot of getting hair balls covered in plumbing residue out of drains
Show threadFabian Giesen
@aeva @mym it is certainly not a glamorous job. it is, however, the sort of thing anyone who can afford to will gladly pay to have someone else deal with
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