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The last line of this piece is: > And become a goddam profession. Hurray? What do we gain by becoming a profession? I guess we get 9 to 5 work, conferences, m
by gorpomon 10y ago
The last line of this piece is:
> And become a goddam profession.
Hurray? What do we gain by becoming a profession? I guess we get 9 to 5 work, conferences, meetings and boredom. Sounds like we're a profession already, but I guess not. Honestly, I'm not sure I'm a big fan of professions.
Shiny things, those are what children like, and I guess children aren't professional so we should get rid of shiny things.
And since we're getting rid of childlike things, let's get rid of:
- The joy of discovery
- The feeling of creating something from nothing
- The empowerment of solving our problems in new ways
- The utter joy of entering a new community of amazing people
I guess we lose all that, because it's time to be a goddamn profession.
- jestar_jokin 10y agoI guess it's more about adjusting your reward system to be driven by helping others, rather than self gratification. I agree, your points can be what makes the work enjoyable on a personal level; but most people will working for others, so it makes sense to deliver the best solution for them. So, although it's fun to reinvent wheels - partly to build up your skills and knowledge, and satisfy one's curiosity - the best solution for your customer/client/manager/business might be to use something off the shelf.
- ern 10y agoBecoming a profession also means developing ethics. Those "childlike things" are amazing, but not at the expense of other people. This is especially important for people who develop line-of-business systems for paying clients. Unless its an explicit part of your value proposition, wasting your client's money is pretty damn unethical. And if becoming a profession makes us more ethical, then it can't happen soon enough.