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Yeah, thought about the same. Many software jobs are just bullshit. They pay super well, but the sense is nowhere there. I'm super curious what will be the ans
by orian 7y ago
Yeah, thought about the same. Many software jobs are just bullshit. They pay super well, but the sense is nowhere there.
I'm super curious what will be the answers.
Let's say:
<impact> = <number of people> * <size of change in their life>
Now, sometimes it's easiest to work on local scale, especially as this often gives you instant and materialized feedback. I would search for some kind of foundation or open source community. They often have massive outreach.
Personally, I found that technology people (like Silicon Valley or investors) have technology fixation, e.g. they believe (like in god) that technology will solve all problems. The most real, broad problems in the world need a political will to make a change. In this context the question is: can you influence the politics to be good?
- byko3y 7y ago>Many software jobs are just bullshit. They pay super well, but the sense is nowhere there I'm glad someone has the same sense of meaning in software development. However I'm dissapointed at the same time. In the end it's all about selling some crap to people. I'm talking about advertisment, shops, datamining of preferences, handling of orders, etc - nothing that really helped anybody. Countrary, the main goal of this process is to make you more unsatisfied and miserable, and give you a false expectation that a newly purchased crap will help you to overcome your misery. >I found that technology people (like Silicon Valley or investors) have technology fixation, e.g. they believe (like in god) that technology will solve all problems It's not about believing, it's about making investors believe so the investors will bring money into another unprofitable bauble.