New ask Hacker News story: AK HN: Is the Era of Hackers/Startups Over?
AK HN: Is the Era of Hackers/Startups Over?
3 by legitster | 2 comments on Hacker News.
As a longtime HN user. I've noticed a drastic shift in the last few years in the industry. The glamour of a "hot startup" has gone away in lieu of the inevitably of big corporations and big platforms. Being a programmer doesn't seem as desirable or command nearly the respect that it did just a decade ago. The "hacker ethos" seems to be in decline, for any number of interconnected reasons: - The rise of AI - High interest rates - Dooming/decline of tech optimism - Decline of the open internet and the rise of proprietary services - Abandonment by tech leaders - Diminishing returns of software on human productivity - Generational changes Does anyone else share this feeling? Temporarily or as a fundamental shift? To that end, to what purpose is HN if the idea of a "hacker" goes away? It's hard not to understand the sudden shift of HN posts being political news, but what other topics are more broadly relevant to tech people right now?
3 by legitster | 2 comments on Hacker News.
As a longtime HN user. I've noticed a drastic shift in the last few years in the industry. The glamour of a "hot startup" has gone away in lieu of the inevitably of big corporations and big platforms. Being a programmer doesn't seem as desirable or command nearly the respect that it did just a decade ago. The "hacker ethos" seems to be in decline, for any number of interconnected reasons: - The rise of AI - High interest rates - Dooming/decline of tech optimism - Decline of the open internet and the rise of proprietary services - Abandonment by tech leaders - Diminishing returns of software on human productivity - Generational changes Does anyone else share this feeling? Temporarily or as a fundamental shift? To that end, to what purpose is HN if the idea of a "hacker" goes away? It's hard not to understand the sudden shift of HN posts being political news, but what other topics are more broadly relevant to tech people right now?
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