4 ms·
Why software developers are holding us back I know it's more fun to play blame the nerds, but this author needs to sit down and have a bit of a think about why
by forgottenpass 10y ago
Why software developers are holding us back
I know it's more fun to play blame the nerds, but this author needs to sit down and have a bit of a think about why they're blaming people for building the things they were paid to build, rather than the people who decided that the things should be built. But there are no easy answers there, all you get is a sense that there are an overwhelming number of force vectors that all make the status quo happen.
If the moral imperative is on engineers to band together, and refuse work for the purpose of breaking us out of the feedback loops we're in, you're going to need a lot more principle and actionable advice in your argument than some shitty hand-waving to throw developers under the bus so you can huck your notetaking app.
- philovivero 10y agoBest and most-relevant comment, as always, just sitting down here at the bottom and all lonely. Blaming engineers for this problem is shooting the messenger. Engineers, so far as I can tell, are the only group who do care about privacy, and spend their hard-earned free hours making products to address it. They're soundly ignored by consumers, who quite frankly don't give a shit. But I guess "blame the nerds" is all the rage these days. Just like it was when I was a nerdy kid in the 1980's. And just like it was when my dad was a nerdy kid in the 1950's. It's never enough, nerds. Give more to society. Work harder for free.