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> I realise that I as a developer have put a lot of people out of a job. For most developers this will not be true. Most apps, websites, compilers, desktop sof
by quonn 3y ago
> I realise that I as a developer have put a lot of people out of a job.
For most developers this will not be true. Most apps, websites, compilers, desktop software etc. will not have put anyone out of a job. I certainly never ever put someone out of a job. I made some peoples live easier, but their total working hours didn't shorten and they certainly did not change profession or were replaced. In fact the majority of tasks that my software was applied to would simply have been deemed impossible to do and not have been done and that would have been all there was to it.
- Towaway69 3y agoHaving once worked on a project to improve some customer care software, I know that as a direct result of those improvements, people got fired. I'm sure they all found new jobs but it did make me think about the consequence of my work. Other projects involved making freemium games more addictive to suck people into paying. Of course everyone has a choice but playing on people's addictions to make money is an questionable morality.
- eddd-ddde 3y agoTo my philosophy, the goal of technology should be _precisely_ to get rid of as many jobs as possible. Unfortunately technology benefits only the 1% in our current society, and job loss is a bad thing (it should not be!)