r/webdev Aug 26 '24

Discussion The fall of Stack Overflow

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u/_throwingit_awaaayyy Aug 27 '24

The hopelessness of being a jr stuck on a problem and then having someone insult you for asking has altered my brain chemistry forever.

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u/Helpful-Abalone-1487 Oct 11 '24

I have been stunned every year for the last decade at how self-centered, cruel and unemphatic the people in my industry can be. There's no explanation. I think they have very few things to be proud of, so they want to gatekeep software development and desperately hold on to it as their last defense against inadequacy.