Growing Into the Computer Person

Description

A tall illustrated comic begins with the text "WHEN I WAS A KID" above a childlike drawing of a smiling cowboy figure. It continues, "I HAD A LOT OF IDEAS ABOUT THE PERSON I WANTED TO BE," showing several imagined identities, including a scout-like outfit, cowboy, caregiver, glamorous figure, artist, and athlete; near the bottom it says "SOMEHOW..." next to a photo of a bespectacled person operating a vintage computer setup and a drawing of a tired person at a table. The final line reads, "I DIDN'T GROW UP TO BE ANY OF THEM," which lands in a dev corpus as self-deprecating career reflection about becoming the computer person instead of a childhood archetype.

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CareerReflection DeveloperExpectationsVsReality CareerExpectations DeveloperReality DeveloperSelfDeprecation SelfDeprecatingHumor DeveloperLifestyle DeveloperHumor RelatableHumor ExistentialHumor TechNostalgia RetroComputing

Comments

Anonymous ★ Top Pick Childhood had many personas available, but the scheduler eventually pinned the process to `computer_person`.

Anonymous ★ Top Pick

Childhood had many personas available, but the scheduler eventually pinned the process to `computer_person`.
@rglrd 3y

Born to be Terry Davis.
@mpolovnev 3y

I wanted to explore new lands and swe things beyond imagination. Nowadays, the only thing beyond imagination is my electricity bill
1. @SamsonovAnton 3y
  
  Had you become a miner? 💵
2. @tokimonatakanimekat 3y
  
  Born too late to explore Earth, too early to explore space, just right to explore existential crisis and crippling depression
@ShiningFlames 3y

Don't hurt me pls
@affirvega 3y

1с developer is scary lifepath