The alienation aspect of work in software is quite real, especially in companies that put many layers between developers and the end-users. Although Marx was pr

The alienation aspect of work in software is quite real, especially in companies that put many layers between developers and the end-users. Although Marx was prescient in this regard, the remedies he proposed are far from ideal... The author's idea of completely abandoning software development seems a bit extreme. Software Development encompasses a huge variety of niches and disciplines, and ten years doing the same kind of work can get wearying. The remedy is to change it up and experience different paradigms. This of course will threaten the upward slope of compensation that one begins to expect (and frankly, needs, because of rising costs of one's commitments, such as raising children). The challenge is to make one's peace with the prospect of staying flat or going down in wages, really.