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The writer has nailed it for me. > Software does not exist to please us as programmers and let us write beautiful code. Neither it exists to create jobs for pe

The writer has nailed it for me. > Software does not exist to please us as programmers and let us write beautiful code. Neither it exists to create jobs for people in the tech industry. Actually, it exists to kill as many jobs as possible, including ours, and this is why basic income will become much more important in the next few years, but that’s a whole other subject.

progx 9y ago
Ingeneers does not exist to please us as ingeneers and let us create beautiful constructions. Neither it exists to create jobs for people in any industry. Actually, it exists to kill as many jobs as possible, including our....
- majewsky 9y ago
  Not generally. Machine engineering, maybe, but e.g. civil engineering creates a ton of jobs in construction.
progx 9y ago
Ingeneers does not exist to please us as ingeneers and let us create beautiful constructions. Neither it exists to create jobs for people in any industry. Actually, it exists to kill as many jobs as possible, including our....
didibus 9y ago
I dunno about this. Automation of tasks that used to be manual is real, but software goes beyond this. A lot of software allows new or better technologies which can be used to transform the human experience. Such as video games, flight control systems, video conferencing, etc. Other can save lives, such as radio therapy controllers, alarm systems, pace makers, etc. Some can take it away more effectively, like guided missiles, self manned aircrafts, etc. Just wanted to point out it exists for more then just that. Also, in the current market, a company who wants to retain good talent has to allow them some fun, amd giving them the choice of tools or language can be a good recruiting tool, or mechanism to keep good talent.
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- bryanrasmussen 9y ago
  I agree that software does not just have to be about destroying jobs, but people are often working on projects that will kill jobs and won't acknowledge it.
  - didibus 9y ago
    In my experience people have always acknowledged it. Now did they care is another question.
madeofpalk 9y ago
It's a rather narrow take. Software exists to solve user problems (for varying definitions of 'user' and 'problems'). Some problems are time/cost related, and software can automate some of those things to solve that problem. But then some problems are preventative (or rather, the time and costs prevent things) so software can actually enable new things to happen, like letting the blind use cameras, or enabling more restaurants to do deliveries.

progx 9y ago

Ingeneers does not exist to please us as ingeneers and let us create beautiful constructions. Neither it exists to create jobs for people in any industry. Actually, it exists to kill as many jobs as possible, including our....

majewsky 9y ago
Not generally. Machine engineering, maybe, but e.g. civil engineering creates a ton of jobs in construction.

progx 9y ago

didibus 9y ago

I dunno about this. Automation of tasks that used to be manual is real, but software goes beyond this. A lot of software allows new or better technologies which can be used to transform the human experience. Such as video games, flight control systems, video conferencing, etc. Other can save lives, such as radio therapy controllers, alarm systems, pace makers, etc. Some can take it away more effectively, like guided missiles, self manned aircrafts, etc. Just wanted to point out it exists for more then just that. Also, in the current market, a company who wants to retain good talent has to allow them some fun, amd giving them the choice of tools or language can be a good recruiting tool, or mechanism to keep good talent.

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bryanrasmussen 9y ago
I agree that software does not just have to be about destroying jobs, but people are often working on projects that will kill jobs and won't acknowledge it.
- didibus 9y ago
  In my experience people have always acknowledged it. Now did they care is another question.

madeofpalk 9y ago

It's a rather narrow take. Software exists to solve user problems (for varying definitions of 'user' and 'problems'). Some problems are time/cost related, and software can automate some of those things to solve that problem. But then some problems are preventative (or rather, the time and costs prevent things) so software can actually enable new things to happen, like letting the blind use cameras, or enabling more restaurants to do deliveries.