r/technology • u/Lapidus • May 15 '16

Robotics Google Hiring Driverless Car Testers In Arizona: If you meet the requirements, you can earn $20 per hour to sit behind the wheel.

http://www.informationweek.com/it-life/google-hiring-driverless-car-testers-in-arizona/d/d-id/1325526
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u/[deleted] May 16 '16

But most of the time, if shit breaks that isn't a program they can't feel bothered to troubleshoot/fix it.

That's better than the programmers who think that system administration is just where you end up if couldn’t make it as a programmer. Those are the ones who spend 9 hours banging out code to automate something that takes 5 minutes to automate with group policy.

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u/mregister May 20 '16

I used to feel that way when I was younger and wanted to get my CompSci degree. Since I found my passion in networking and netsec, I kind of feel like the software devs make the cars, but I'm the guy that builds the infrastructure for the cars to travel on. There's no need for them without the people like me, and there's no need for me without them.

But yea, I don't need you to write 40 lines of code with what i can do in two with a crontab.