"Am I an affective programmer?" Does my code make people feel good? Does it automate some user task? Does it make some user task easier? Does i

"Am I an affective programmer?" Does my code make people feel good? Does it automate some user task? Does it make some user task easier? Does it amplify users' powers? Does it create value, by my definition of "valuable"? Of course, these are outcomes/benefits, not the technical role of programming within an organization. But apt if you see yourself, fellow programmers and company members as "users" also. > I read a study that measured the efficiency of locomotion for various species on the planet. The condor used the least energy to move a kilometer. And, humans came in with a rather unimpressive showing, about a third of the way down the list. It was not too proud a showing for the crown of creation. So, that didn’t look so good. But, then somebody at Scientific American had the insight to test the efficiency of locomotion for a man on a bicycle. And, a man on a bicycle, a human on a bicycle, blew the condor away, completely off the top of the charts. https://www.brainpickings.org/2011/12/21/steve-jobs-bicycle-for-the-mind-1990/ https://www.brainpickings.org/2011/12/21/steve-jobs-bicycle-... https://youtube.com/watch?v=0lvMgMrNDlg https://youtube.com/watch?v=0lvMgMrNDlg > ... There need be no real danger of it ever becoming a drudge, for any processes that are quite mechanical may be turned over to the machine itself. https://wikiquote.org/wiki/Alan_Turing https://wikiquote.org/wiki/Alan_Turing