> I realized at my last job that I was working to essentially replace myself and my co-workers. It was a pretty sobering thought. You've just described the pur

> I realized at my last job that I was working to essentially replace myself and my co-workers. It was a pretty sobering thought. You've just described the purpose of the entire software industry. Did it really not occur to you that writing systems to automate tasks would displace anyone doing those tasks manually?