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Bare Metal (The Emacs Essay)

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197 points hpaone | 5 comments | 14 Oct 25 20:50 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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sexyman48 ◴[21 Oct 25 14:51 UTC] No.45656560[source]▶
That he burned 11,000 words on his text editor tells you why emacs users are unemployable.
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_benj ◴[21 Oct 25 15:28 UTC] No.45657017[source]▶
Since employment is apparently the highest achievement a person can aspire to, this post and emacs users in general, must be of such lesser value I guess? /s
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1. sexyman48 ◴[21 Oct 25 15:46 UTC] No.45657219[source]▶
employment is apparently the highest achievement a person can aspire to

Your words, not mine. But gene propagation is up there, and steady wages is a sufficient if not necessary condition for that to happen.

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2. vkazanov ◴[21 Oct 25 15:59 UTC] No.45657400[source]▶
Never in my 20 years of programming, data engineering, engineering management of games, search engines, dating apps and machine learning systems I had a problem of people not wanting to hire me because I prefered Emacs (and linux).

In fact, in was the opposite.

So what are you even talking about?

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3. jsonBorn ◴[21 Oct 25 17:01 UTC] No.45658238[source]▶
==WARNING== Palantir's `blackbriar' uber-flag alert cycling 24/7, must include: hacker news, linux, emacs, mathe... and.. likely off-ed before the morrow..best sto
4. iLemming ◴[22 Oct 25 14:58 UTC] No.45670132[source]▶
The opposite is also true. I have never heard anyone climbing the ladder specifically because they are "so fucking good" with [insert whatever IDE/editor]

Dude is saying nonsense. "Emacs users are unemployable" sounds like "Tesla drivers unregisterable" - what an imbecilic, utter bullshit that has zero sense to say. Ever.

5. tmtvl ◴[22 Oct 25 19:50 UTC] No.45674255[source]▶
The implications behind gene propagation being one of the highest achievements a person can aspire to are quite unfortunate to consider.

Regardless, I don't think anyone is going to, say, avoid a specific doctor because said doctor is fond of Emacs. Same for a plumber, a baker, an electrician, a lawyer, et cetera. As a matter of fact, I have a hard time thinking of any profession where a fondness for Emacs may be considered a bad thing. Perhaps a software developer may have a harder time finding gainful employment if potential employers find out about the preference for Emacs, though that would likely only be an issue among a limited and specific set of potential employers.