Im a millennial dev which happens to have a Gen Z brother who also chose this profession.
Seeing him walk my steps 15 years later has been eye opening for the brutal cultural change.
They’re socially conditioned to assume that anything free is a scam or illegal, that every tool is associated with a corporation, and that learning itself is going through certain hoops (by the uni, the certificator or whatever) so that you get permission to earn money a certain way.
As more doors get closed, I fear this process will solidify.
Seeing him walk my steps 15 years later has been eye opening for the brutal cultural change.
They’re socially conditioned to assume that anything free is a scam or illegal, that every tool is associated with a corporation, and that learning itself is going through certain hoops (by the uni, the certificator or whatever) so that you get permission to earn money a certain way.
As more doors get closed, I fear this process will solidify.