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> I might care about the reliability, quality, extendability, readability and performance of the code I wrote. This is a brilliant definition of professional e

> I might care about the reliability, quality, extendability, readability and performance of the code I wrote. This is a brilliant definition of professional ethos. A further poster asks if companies pay for this. I understand that "do I get paid for it" is the question of the age, but I see that as a reflection of one of the evils of the age (every age has evils and goods). The money you get paid is a means to an end, not an end. I feel better about myself knowing I have lived up to my standard, money cannot compensate for that. Money gets you the respect of people who don't know you. Professionalism gets you the respect of the people who do, including the person who knows you best, yourself.

snapcaster 4y ago
Have you considered that this is just you fully internalizing capitalist/protestant propaganda? I'm asking because I agree with you and feel the same way and worried I've just learned to love big brother
- 1602 4y ago
  I also feel the same way and believe that this is not due to internalising capitalist propaganda. Caring about quality is above capitalism or communism. Yes, it can be exploited by any political regime and it is necessary to be aware of this exploitation, but regardless of what is the environment I feel proud of doing a great work. I think it is because we are naturally attracted to beauty and repulsed by ugliness.
- atoav 4y ago
  Not the parent, but of course this is something to be considered. But for me the will to deliver professional level code exists despite capitalism, not because it. Good designs, fitting elegant solutions that have positive impact on the people who have to use them are not capitalist. What is capitalist is people just churning out code without considering whether that code is reliable, makes the world a better place etc. Thinking about code quality this way is anti-capitalist, because you say: There are things that matter more than monetary capital or short term gain
bo0tzz 4y ago
> I feel better about myself knowing I have lived up to my standard, money cannot compensate for that. Money gets you the respect of people who don't know you. This only applies once you make enough money to be comfortable. Before that point, money directly correlates to quality of living.

snapcaster 4y ago

Have you considered that this is just you fully internalizing capitalist/protestant propaganda? I'm asking because I agree with you and feel the same way and worried I've just learned to love big brother

1602 4y ago
I also feel the same way and believe that this is not due to internalising capitalist propaganda. Caring about quality is above capitalism or communism. Yes, it can be exploited by any political regime and it is necessary to be aware of this exploitation, but regardless of what is the environment I feel proud of doing a great work. I think it is because we are naturally attracted to beauty and repulsed by ugliness.
atoav 4y ago
Not the parent, but of course this is something to be considered. But for me the will to deliver professional level code exists despite capitalism, not because it. Good designs, fitting elegant solutions that have positive impact on the people who have to use them are not capitalist. What is capitalist is people just churning out code without considering whether that code is reliable, makes the world a better place etc. Thinking about code quality this way is anti-capitalist, because you say: There are things that matter more than monetary capital or short term gain

bo0tzz 4y ago

> I feel better about myself knowing I have lived up to my standard, money cannot compensate for that. Money gets you the respect of people who don't know you. This only applies once you make enough money to be comfortable. Before that point, money directly correlates to quality of living.