I'll be honest I've definitely been really struggling this last week trying to figure out how to keep moving forward while trying to figure out how to tune out deskillers and it's getting hard man. I've never felt anxiety and this strong of a sense of dread for the industry I work in before. Genuinely feels like something I worked for years to be a part of and to be proud of got shitty the moment I finally started getting past my burnout.
@Lyude same, same. A lot of it I feel like is psychological warfare from the same hype machine that tried to make web3 and metaverse a thing so I try to remind myself that there’s that component of it.
@catgoat it's getting harder when I am seeing people actively deskill themselves who I've regarded very highly :/.
@Lyude you're right, it sucks. but sometimes even smart people are susceptible to bad influence
@catgoat @Lyude i feel like this especially is what has caused a lot of mental discomfort for me

seeing people that i used to think highly of, that i actually thought cared about code quality and ethics fall into this hole

i guess, if anything, the silver lining is now we know who actually gave a shit?