I was working as a mobile programmer at a large ISP (rhymes with “bombast”) circa 2010 when my (very non-technical) boss came to me and showed me an article he had just read about APIs. He told me he thought they were the “next big thing” and he wanted us to start using them in our project. I told him I would research it.
What depresses me the most about this story is that I’m sure he’s now a C-suite denizen somewhere making millions and forcing everybody to use AI, while I’m now a school bus driver.
In the States? They are often portrayed as poor weirdos in cartoons, but how is it as a job? I could imagine much better; at least around here bus drivers in general make pretty good money.
It’s a decent gig as long as you’re in a good district. We make over $30 an hour plus health insurance and a small pension. You only get 4-5 hours a day unless you’re high on the seniority list. There’s an unfortunate tendency for school districts to privatize their transportation and then the good jobs go away.
Bus drivers deserve their reputations as cartoon weirdos, for the most part.
I was working as a mobile programmer at a large ISP (rhymes with “bombast”) circa 2010 when my (very non-technical) boss came to me and showed me an article he had just read about APIs. He told me he thought they were the “next big thing” and he wanted us to start using them in our project. I told him I would research it.
What depresses me the most about this story is that I’m sure he’s now a C-suite denizen somewhere making millions and forcing everybody to use AI, while I’m now a school bus driver.
lol, lmao even
In the States? They are often portrayed as poor weirdos in cartoons, but how is it as a job? I could imagine much better; at least around here bus drivers in general make pretty good money.
It’s a decent gig as long as you’re in a good district. We make over $30 an hour plus health insurance and a small pension. You only get 4-5 hours a day unless you’re high on the seniority list. There’s an unfortunate tendency for school districts to privatize their transportation and then the good jobs go away.
Bus drivers deserve their reputations as cartoon weirdos, for the most part.