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not-yossarian · 2 years ago

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I hate software I hate people who make software I hate computers. For a small stipend, I could make some of the software on some of the computers slightly less broken. I couldn't possibly be any worse at this than the people who do it now. But nobody will let me, because of the economy

#all i wanted to do was make an account on this personal finance app thing. not an obscure one. big famous huge one #that you would think would do what it's supposed to do at least a little bit.#after an hour and a half of jaqueline from tech support telling me to try different platforms with slightly different settings #i have an account. on the mobile app. i can't add a password through the app and i can't log in anywhere else without a password #i don't particularly want an account anymore (being capricious and prone to giving up on things)#but i entered my bank account info in the one i half-made so i want to delete it #obviously the first step to delete your account is to log in. the thing i can't do.#jaqueline from tech support disconnected (devastating betrayal) (after everything we had been through together) (didn't even say goodbye)#so i'm going to have to try to explain all of this to some new jaqueline who isn't paid enough or given a procedure to follow #when there's an actual problem that can't be solved by a somewhat technologically literate end user #and they're going to be like 'have you tried it in chrome with cookies triple enabled under the full moon after turning it off and back on?#and i'm going to be like i don't want to try it in chrome again i want to arrange a pistol duel #with one or more of your senior backend developers please #and i want my brother's computer science professor to start explaining how ocaml works properly so i don't keep having to drop everything #every time he has a homework assignment due to walk him through it line by line #and then i want my college tuition refunded and a do-over of my entire adult life and a personal heartfelt apology from anyone who ever sai #that you should learn to code instead of majoring in underwater basket weaving #because i'm pretty sure you don't need years of experience you have no way in hell of acquiring #before you can apply for an '''''''''entry level''''''''' job as an underwater basket weaver #and your teenage coworkers at your retail job don't act all surprised and confused and like there must be something wrong with you #(there are several things but that's not the problem)#when you tell them that you're having a hard time getting hired to weave baskets #because the market for that kind of thing is really oversaturated rn actually #and basket weaving is a beautiful traditional art form that also happens to be quite useful #because the thing about baskets is they fucking work.#:wq

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