alt Hacker NewsThis is a false view. Most developers have always just been “dark matter developers” who only saw it as a way to put food on their tables.
https://www.hanselman.com/blog/dark-matter-developers-the-un...
Almost every single developer I’ve met since 1996 talked about other hobbies they had outside of computers and didn’t think about coding outside if work.
> Most developers have always just been “dark matter developers” who only saw it as a way to put food on their tables.
Is that what the article you share says? I read: "Where are the dark matter developers? Probably getting work done." It calls "dark matter developers" the ones that are not vocal on the internet. Doesn't say anything about how nerdy they are...
> Almost every single developer I’ve met since 1996 talked about other hobbies
Are you a developer yourself? And do you consider yourself a nerd? I am, and I do. And I actually have other hobbies. And I know a lot of developers who studied computer science because they were interested in computers (and not because they thought it would pay well).