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I think it's just a story that software engineers like to tell themselves to feel better about earning more than almost everybody else. Meanwhile, there are ple

I think it's just a story that software engineers like to tell themselves to feel better about earning more than almost everybody else. Meanwhile, there are plenty other "force multipliers", who are paid a pittance. Even a cleaner is a "force multiplier" - they enable people not dying from diseases coming from dirt - that's much more in terms of multiplying output than we do (without cleaners, everybody dies and there's zero profit).

njanirudh 6y ago
No. Can the cleaners job be automated ? Yes Can a good/creative developer be automated ? No The skill you bring to the table is worth a lot more than their skill. Although everyone in the world is important, some are more important than the other. Its the Google that changes the direction of the world not the general guys.