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>The /real/ question is this: should software be a factory job? It has all of it: creative jobs, theoretical jobs, and factory-like jobs. White collar and blue
by vsareto 7y ago
>The /real/ question is this: should software be a factory job?
It has all of it: creative jobs, theoretical jobs, and factory-like jobs. White collar and blue collar jobs at the same time.
What we suck at is admitting which jobs are which types and assigning the labor accordingly (as well as setting targets).
- LordFast 7y ago> What we suck at is admitting which jobs are which types and assigning the labor accordingly (as well as setting targets). Huh, never thought about it that way. That's a very useful perspective. I will start incorporating it going forward.
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoSide note: Most of us work with our hands. We don't think of it that way. But if you break a finger, you'll find out in a hurry that you work with your hands.
- tonyedgecombe 7y agoThe interesting thing is even the FAANG's have work that you might consider factory work, ie changing the tax rate when the customer is Danish and their head office is in Angola and the advert is displayed in Greenland. Possibly this sort of thing is the majority of the work although not having worked for them I don't really know. I'd also add that by saying modern factory work is quite different from Henry Ford's day, at least in developed economies. There aren't many factory jobs in the West you can get without a qualification.