Ask HN: Really tired of crappy languages. Time for MBA?
I'm working at a company that recently decided to move most of its future work into Java (instead of Python). Not Scala or Clojure, but actual Java-the-language Java. Needless to say, I'm not happy. Every company where I've worked at that uses C++ or Java as its main development languages lurches toward perpetual maintenance, huge teams, and general mediocrity.
Unfortunately, the leading languages are still C++ and Java. Jobs exist in good languages, but they're few and far between and it seems inevitable that a company will end up Java'd as it grows large and decisions start being made by non-programmers. (I think it's safe to assume that no one familiar with other languages ever chooses to program in Java; it's a language that people make other people use.)
I don't want to program anymore if 50% or more of my future programming career is going to be spent in shitty languages that prioritize the interests of non-programming managers over the people actually programming.
It just infuriates me to have to use shitty tools and be 10% as productive as I could be.
Is it time for me to leave the coding thing and get an MBA?
Unfortunately, the leading languages are still C++ and Java. Jobs exist in good languages, but they're few and far between and it seems inevitable that a company will end up Java'd as it grows large and decisions start being made by non-programmers. (I think it's safe to assume that no one familiar with other languages ever chooses to program in Java; it's a language that people make other people use.)
I don't want to program anymore if 50% or more of my future programming career is going to be spent in shitty languages that prioritize the interests of non-programming managers over the people actually programming.
It just infuriates me to have to use shitty tools and be 10% as productive as I could be.
Is it time for me to leave the coding thing and get an MBA?