<![CDATA[I WORK IN TECH and over the last 5 years, my general level of confidence in software to function as intended has...]]>I WORK IN TECH and over the last 5 years, my general level of confidence in software to function as intended has...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/0c1e422d-63b6-4cc4-9732-1438e59fe7c4/i-work-in-tech-and-over-the-last-5-years-my-general-level-of-confidence-in-software-to-function-as-intended-has...RSS for NodeMon, 06 Apr 2026 23:23:50 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2026 17:55:23 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I WORK IN TECH and over the last 5 years, my general level of confidence in software to function as intended has... on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 10:57:35 GMT]]>@earthshine My question of "As who intended?" leans me toward "no change"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://slime.computer/users/hecks/statuses/116351739845835565https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://slime.computer/users/hecks/statuses/116351739845835565Sun, 05 Apr 2026 10:57:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I WORK IN TECH and over the last 5 years, my general level of confidence in software to function as intended has... on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:55:54 GMT]]>@earthshine tbf, I think certain types of software have been hit harder than others. The sheer number of pieces of software I consider so unreliable that I will actively encourage people not to use it has gone way up since early 2021. The better players are still net trustworthy, but less so.

Also probably worth noting that while I don't work in tech, I know a decent amount about software development compared to non-technical people and the one time I felt confident enough to apply to work in tech was when thousands of people being laid off became the norm.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://todon.eu/ap/users/115601049471092408/statuses/116348902067565018https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://todon.eu/ap/users/115601049471092408/statuses/116348902067565018Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:55:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I WORK IN TECH and over the last 5 years, my general level of confidence in software to function as intended has... on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:05:37 GMT]]>@earthshine Gamedev isn't tech compared to most answering this poll, but seeing people with experience getting discarded when the C-suite didn't make their millions has put us where we are now in the industry, and it suuucks.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/Tokamak/statuses/116343513905951245https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/Tokamak/statuses/116343513905951245Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:05:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I WORK IN TECH and over the last 5 years, my general level of confidence in software to function as intended has... on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:52:20 GMT]]>@twobiscuits @earthshine Lotus 1-2-3, and Ashton-Tate Multimate and dBase. Worked great on an Intel 286 with 2MB ram

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://shark.community/users/FurryBeta/statuses/116343225758818172https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://shark.community/users/FurryBeta/statuses/116343225758818172Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:52:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I WORK IN TECH and over the last 5 years, my general level of confidence in software to function as intended has... on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:08:08 GMT]]>@MxAlba now I think i need to run this on like Instagram or something to see the difference in sample bias lol

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/earthshine/statuses/116343051940734071https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/earthshine/statuses/116343051940734071Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:08:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I WORK IN TECH and over the last 5 years, my general level of confidence in software to function as intended has... on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:13:32 GMT]]>@earthshine
I'd even say "strongly decreased"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.tacoma.community/users/justin/statuses/116341185750403841https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.tacoma.community/users/justin/statuses/116341185750403841Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:13:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I WORK IN TECH and over the last 5 years, my general level of confidence in software to function as intended has... on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:29:56 GMT]]>@earthshine And it’s not due to what I saw; it’s due to software quality degrading (at least outside of FOSS)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediscience.org/users/locha/statuses/116341014312203200https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediscience.org/users/locha/statuses/116341014312203200Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:29:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I WORK IN TECH and over the last 5 years, my general level of confidence in software to function as intended has... on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:46:17 GMT]]>@earthshine it was low to start with, and it keeps plumbing new depths

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tommorris/statuses/116340842665722791https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tommorris/statuses/116340842665722791Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:46:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I WORK IN TECH and over the last 5 years, my general level of confidence in software to function as intended has... on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:44:06 GMT]]>@earthshine What confidence?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/mms/statuses/116340834057462082https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/mms/statuses/116340834057462082Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:44:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I WORK IN TECH and over the last 5 years, my general level of confidence in software to function as intended has... on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 06:12:55 GMT]]>@Hearth its tech adjacent enough i guess it depends on how familiar or opinionated you are about it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/earthshine/statuses/116339295865365146https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/earthshine/statuses/116339295865365146Fri, 03 Apr 2026 06:12:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I WORK IN TECH and over the last 5 years, my general level of confidence in software to function as intended has... on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 03:46:42 GMT]]>@earthshine I don't know if we count as working in tech

we do hardware and *extremely* avoid software, which is not the tech most people think of when talking about working in tech
-F

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://plush.city/users/Hearth/statuses/116338720926709660https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://plush.city/users/Hearth/statuses/116338720926709660Fri, 03 Apr 2026 03:46:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I WORK IN TECH and over the last 5 years, my general level of confidence in software to function as intended has... on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 22:47:41 GMT]]>@earthshine Yeah fedi software is many things, but...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/dragonfrog/statuses/116337545138918749https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/dragonfrog/statuses/116337545138918749Thu, 02 Apr 2026 22:47:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I WORK IN TECH and over the last 5 years, my general level of confidence in software to function as intended has... on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:51:40 GMT]]>@earthshine non tech here.

As far as I know from my point of view the term "a computer is only just as intelligent as it's user /programmer" prooves way too often.
And, no offense, we are all biased. We are all just seeing one part of the truth and not the whole picture. Too many male IT persons created code which is partly sexist. Too many white people created code that's partly racist. And now too many created Code that's hungry for money and doesn't care for people or their rights or needs

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/effken_von_nebenan/statuses/116337324857232436https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/effken_von_nebenan/statuses/116337324857232436Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:51:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I WORK IN TECH and over the last 5 years, my general level of confidence in software to function as intended has... on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:43:41 GMT]]>@earthshine @drwho

Just to note: I assume this is about the software I use… not the software I write.

😉

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/philsplace/statuses/116337293512832443https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/philsplace/statuses/116337293512832443Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:43:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I WORK IN TECH and over the last 5 years, my general level of confidence in software to function as intended has... on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:30:32 GMT]]>@earthshine it's a nice surprise when software just works the first time

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/ap/users/116296514670041122/statuses/116337241812258496https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/ap/users/116296514670041122/statuses/116337241812258496Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:30:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I WORK IN TECH and over the last 5 years, my general level of confidence in software to function as intended has... on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:08:41 GMT]]>@earthshine I thought it couldn't get any worse, yet here we are.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/RandomDamage/statuses/116337155875779032https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/RandomDamage/statuses/116337155875779032Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:08:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I WORK IN TECH and over the last 5 years, my general level of confidence in software to function as intended has... on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:55:00 GMT]]>@sen @earthshine find something good that works and does 110% of what I expect, and three days later I start looking from left to right like Scratch from Ice Age when he has his acorn:

where is the backdoor.
how are they going to put ads in here.
when will this software stop doing the reason why I got interested in it in the first place.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/Kzad_Bhat/statuses/116337102045758016https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/Kzad_Bhat/statuses/116337102045758016Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:55:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I WORK IN TECH and over the last 5 years, my general level of confidence in software to function as intended has... on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:31:11 GMT]]>@earthshine I voted in "I don't work in tech", but I used to. 4 years at an IT help desk and a short 8 months as a software dev before becoming disabled and unable to work

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://yiff.life/users/dipolecat/statuses/116337008429370443https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://yiff.life/users/dipolecat/statuses/116337008429370443Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:31:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I WORK IN TECH and over the last 5 years, my general level of confidence in software to function as intended has... on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:27:43 GMT]]>@earthshine Haha yes, that is pretty much how I feel. There are exceptions, but in general my confidence in software to function as described has evaporated almost completely.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/sen/statuses/116336522932573459https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/sen/statuses/116336522932573459Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:27:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I WORK IN TECH and over the last 5 years, my general level of confidence in software to function as intended has... on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:21:56 GMT]]>I'm actually quite surprised that of the NON-tech workers nobody so far has indicated they think it has increased... of course, this is still fedi, so....

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/earthshine/statuses/116336500174568375https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/earthshine/statuses/116336500174568375Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:21:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I WORK IN TECH and over the last 5 years, my general level of confidence in software to function as intended has... on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:17:30 GMT]]>@Dervishpi to be clear, you should vote 'increased' if this is your opinion as I mean it literally when I say "as intended". As in it can be trusted to actually do what the programmers or designers of the software built it for, reliably and without errors. Whether you trust the programmers to have your best interest in mind is another matter.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/earthshine/statuses/116336482744144559https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/earthshine/statuses/116336482744144559Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:17:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I WORK IN TECH and over the last 5 years, my general level of confidence in software to function as intended has... on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:15:13 GMT]]>@sen I wanted to avoid splitting or biasing the results by including "evaporated completely", but I considered it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/earthshine/statuses/116336473784133644https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/earthshine/statuses/116336473784133644Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:15:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I WORK IN TECH and over the last 5 years, my general level of confidence in software to function as intended has... on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:14:37 GMT]]>@earthshine I'd say it function as intended even better - as intended by the CEO of whatever company thinks it can extract more money from it, not as I want or expect it to function. The latter has dropped off a cliff.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Dervishpi/statuses/116336471433333927https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Dervishpi/statuses/116336471433333927Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:14:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I WORK IN TECH and over the last 5 years, my general level of confidence in software to function as intended has... on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:11:08 GMT]]>@earthshine I've been doing this for 29 years now and if there was a much stronger word than 'decreased' I would have selected it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/sen/statuses/116336457726542851https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/sen/statuses/116336457726542851Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:11:08 GMT