Is boot camp worth it?

submitted by ukromeo from (self.programming)

What if I want to be a software engineer, but don't want to be an evil scumbag? Is that asking too much?

What can I expect after completing boot camp and getting a job? Can't I find something where I can use my skills for good, not evil?

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[–]jamesK_3rd 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There's all kinds of opportunities out there. I've not went to a programming boot camp, but you don't have to work at someplace to use your skills for good, not evil.

[–]fschmidt 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It is impossible to make money by doing good in modern culture. Modern scum only want crap, so if you make something good, they will hate it and won't buy it. You can program for good by programming as a hobby like I do with Luan. Or you can look for some obscure group like the Mennonites and program for them. But if you want to make real money, then you must program for evil.

[–]ukromeo[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Everybody has to work to survive, even in a world of evil. Jesus said render to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God, what is God's. He did not call on the people to withhold paying taxes to a secular ruler. He told them they should pay taxes to a secular ruler (which you could define as evil).

A programmer is in the same boat with everyone else. He has to earn money to live, which means programming for a non-Christian world. That doesn't mean his activity is morally wrong, or that he shouldn't program at all in the modern world. Surviving and taking care of one's family require a programmer to work in the modern world, just as much as using public services require a citizen to pay taxes to a secular, non-Christian ruler.