OOC, do you view Intel's projections as being too slow or just plain wrong (i.e., impossible)? I am not knowledgeable about this industry or the engineering behind it, just follow it casually, and I'm shocked to see 1.4nm on a slide.
I think that it's hard to determine people's desires from voting habits. Voting is kind of a game, wouldn't you say? It's got teams and everything, almost like a spectator sport.
When asked directly, though, progressive policies (or whatever word you want to use here to mean "anti-misery") are very popular!
I spent a few years doing indie game development, and one of this biggest lessons that stuck with me was how to think about a product as an experience. To me, game design was mostly that, but focused on making the experience fun, I guess. A huge amount of time and effort went into thinking about what the end user's experience would be like. By instinct, I tend to lean on thinking about the "player's" experience.
I definitely buy this. I've blogged about personal projects, and writing out plans for a project tends to take some wind out of its sails. It's motivating to share progress, though.
Software engineering is broad and deep. If you want to explore, go explore. You may make less money, but you may make more. You may like something else less, but you may like it more. I think it’s up to you!
That said, I never stayed put very long in any particular programming job. Embedded systems were fun, but I was curious to learn about the cloud, so I went to Salesforce. YMMV
> but they are thriving, simply because the store feels like a proper high quality shoe store.
Shopping isn't just about the products themselves. It's also about the experience of shopping, wouldn't you say? If I had to choose between cheap + bad shopping experience and cheap + nice shopping experience, the latter would be a no-brainer!
I think it's more about age. It's fun to ask people a question like, "What was your golden age for gaming?" That said, I really miss LAN parties and static multiplayer game servers-- we've got the same "golden age" :)
There's more to life than achievements. An experience, however unreal it may be, is valuable to the person experiencing it, regardless of whether or not anything is achieved outside of the experience itself. It's only escapism if it's a problem. My 2 cents.