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> Do you know how "software engineers" can "help with COVID?" By getting into their cars and bringing supplies to elderly people in their neighborhood. Even if
by jdminhbg 7y ago
> Do you know how "software engineers" can "help with COVID?" By getting into their cars and bringing supplies to elderly people in their neighborhood.
Even if you think the best thing to do is deliver supplies to the elderly, it makes no sense for a software engineer to stop what he or she is doing and do that. The entire restaurant and hospitality industry just got laid off; you should keep working and pay someone out-of-work to deliver supplies instead.
- KibbutzDalia 7y agoBlockchain consultant here. Only a select few professions are able to meaningfully help during this health crisis. Generally speaking, these tend to be software engineers (esp those working in fields like blockchain or machine learning) and arguably some medical professions like nurses and doctors. When we're in times of crisis, we need our best minds doing what they excel at, not doing things that your average Joe could do just as easily. For non technical people who are struggling to understand this concept, I've prepared an analogy. It would be like hiring a CEO of a powerful corporation such as Jeff Bezos to clean your toilet. It just isn't a good use of his time or your money.