I had an old colleague who was an engineer for Emerson Electric for most of his career.
Emerson started as an electric motor manufacturer and eventually got into making just about EVERYTHING. I have a house from the 70’s that originally had fans, garbage disposals, heaters, light switches etc. All made by Emerson. Even different branded appliances using Emerson components.
One time I asked my former colleague what Emerson still makes. He just smirked and said, “Money.” I knew what he meant.
I work in manufacturing and as far as I can see, innovation is dead. Because the goal is no longer to design a solution to a problem and (hopefully) profit from it. The goal is to profit. Period. As quickly and cheaply as possible.
So now, all the old people who knew how to design things are gone. And young people are not going into electronics or mechanical engineering because no one is hiring. And who really wants to spend their whole career having to answer to people who don’t care about building cool shit.
We need it so godamn bad, and by we I mean me. And by me, I mean go fuck yourself. The next time you’re on your way to work and you see those MASSIVE houses on your way, just one after the other, don’t pay any attention to the size of your ever-growing asshole.
Tech ran out of new ideas over a decade ago. They’ve enshittified everything. The people are tired of it.
I had an old colleague who was an engineer for Emerson Electric for most of his career. Emerson started as an electric motor manufacturer and eventually got into making just about EVERYTHING. I have a house from the 70’s that originally had fans, garbage disposals, heaters, light switches etc. All made by Emerson. Even different branded appliances using Emerson components.
One time I asked my former colleague what Emerson still makes. He just smirked and said, “Money.” I knew what he meant. I work in manufacturing and as far as I can see, innovation is dead. Because the goal is no longer to design a solution to a problem and (hopefully) profit from it. The goal is to profit. Period. As quickly and cheaply as possible.
So now, all the old people who knew how to design things are gone. And young people are not going into electronics or mechanical engineering because no one is hiring. And who really wants to spend their whole career having to answer to people who don’t care about building cool shit.
Tech has a similar problem.
This idiot has never heard of next quarter
We need it so godamn bad, and by we I mean me. And by me, I mean go fuck yourself. The next time you’re on your way to work and you see those MASSIVE houses on your way, just one after the other, don’t pay any attention to the size of your ever-growing asshole.
Your comment makes no sense. Are you doing okay?
People are hiring … just you need to be Chinese and in China …