The author makes some good points about the ethical dubiousness of a lot of software jobs. But I think the author misses the biggest point. Software replaces p

The author makes some good points about the ethical dubiousness of a lot of software jobs. But I think the author misses the biggest point. Software replaces people with machines and increases capital's share of income. I have heard technology is the biggest driver of growing inequality, and at this point in history technological change is driven by software. I think the old nostrums about creative destruction and labor saving technologies freeing up labor to pursue higher roles are true in the aggregate, but the aggregate obscures a lot of human wreckage left behind by people who were laid off and never rehired at a comparable level. I consider this process inevitable which is why I am trying to get ahead of it. But that's a fundamentally selfish motivation no matter how much you gussy it up. Being honest about this is one thing that keeps my aspirations modest - I simply want to carve out a place for myself where I feel comfortable. I think buying into the creative destruction rhetoric makes it easier to harden your heart.