Experiences Programming Outside of Tech?
starkfist: I used to work in bioinformatics and got paid less and worked with worse engineers on more tedious problems than when I worked at a pure tech company. I don't know if I was respected. It was one of the few jobs where the level of Asperger's syndrome increased as one went up the management chain. I don't think my boss, a PhD/MD,  really ever remembered my name or what I was supposed to be working on, or that it registered that I was a human being. I'm not sure if he considered himself a human being. Mostly it sucked.When I was very young I made the website for an alternative newspaper (like the Village Voice) and they thought I was a cool whiz kid. The kinda hot and MILFy single mom secretary always came onto me at the company drinking outings. Maybe that's what Zed means?