While I respect your opinion, I can tell you for a certainty that you are wrong in your specific claim — I can cite myself as a counterexample (:
For instance, recently there was an interesting article about finishing projects[1], which emphasized the emotional journey involved, and I rather liked the discussion it generated.
People have core values. For some people, caring about others is a core value. I see people suffering: I experience emotion about it. I do not feel one bit ashamed to admit that.
Your comment has a whiff of cruelty. It makes me sad that there are people who enjoy cruelty. Most humans find cruelty repulsive. If you don't believe me, try posting yourself kicking a cat under your real name. See what it does for your social status.
I'm jobless, sitting on a pile of cash, enjoying a sabbatical. I'll probably get another job in my lifetime, but on the other hand I might not. Judge away.
I am secure: that's obvious to other people. I was trying to be kind to you, but I have my limits.
To put it in psychopath terms: I've retired early but you're still working, so I have higher status than you. I'm dressing you down in public, so you have lost face.
If you fail to develop empathy, you're always going to have conversations like this, and sometimes you're going to be the one who is bullied. Tiny violin.
I don’t know where you got that view, but I suspect that is very far from the truth. People just tend to speak easily about issue they feel are important. You don’t need to be jobless to write a wall of text, just to have 10 minutes to kill for one reason or another.
>If you are emotionally invested in a topic then it's probably not technical
you really haven't seen what tech nerds will argue over, have you? There can still be surprising vigor over languages, or over features within a language.
performance improvement plan: management will create this for someone not doing well at their job, often as a way of documenting poor performance before the employee is ultimately fired
I take it you haven't seen how emotional people here get talking about javascript or systemd or any number of other pedantic fence-painting "technical" subjects.
I thought things had improved regarding systemd. Now I go to Phoronix when I want to have some fun watching true zealots (on that subject) in their natural habitat. Which is entertaining for about 10 minutes every once in a while.
