Cabinetmakers were focused on what their customers cared about. More likely, they focused on what their customers would pay for. People with Steve Jobs money m

Cabinetmakers were focused on what their customers cared about. More likely, they focused on what their customers would pay for. People with Steve Jobs money might be willing to pay a premium for finished cabinet backs. Most people don’t have Steve Jobs money. But people without Steve Jobs money are no more or less likely to appreciate finished cabinet backs than people with Steve Jobs money…it’s not hard to imagine Charlie Munger having a mid-western view on finished cabinet backs. Since end users usually don’t see any more or less of steaming turd code than well structured code, there must be something besides “cabinet making” at work. My gut is that strong opinions about code are a way to make the banality of code writing interesting. Strong opinions add melodrama to the mundane work that doesn’t matter much beyond the paycheck that comes with it we all must do. Getting paid is the meaningful metric of professionalism.