>>6
It's not. It's awesome. It's fun and lucrative. My work days fly by and I can't wait to pick it up again in the morning. A programmer can getting a job doing whatever kind of programming they like as long as they build up some experience in that area. This is extremely easy through the open source community. If you're stuck in some hellhole writing Visual Basic, that's your fucking problem for being an unambitious code-monkey. It has nothing to do with the industry. Though somehow I get the feeling that you're not even employed. So go start the second chapter of SICP, faggot, and then come back with your worthless opinion. You're not a hacker, you're a hack. Fuck you.