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A small improvement done at Google's scale as pretty low end engineer would have greater impact on world than any "elsewhere".
by aiauthoritydev 2y ago
A small improvement done at Google's scale as pretty low end engineer would have greater impact on world than any "elsewhere".
- legulere 2y agoI think you're greatly underestimating the low hanging fruits in big important non-tech organisations like governments.
- throwup238 2y agoMy lumberyard of choice still uses DOS machines for their computers and POS. I'm not saying you'll change the world by revolutionizing lumberyard inventory management software but I wanted to illustrate just how low the low hanging fruit are.
- aiauthoritydev 2y agoIf it works what is wrong with DOS ? But even if you redo the whole thing and it is efficient, it is still less than some minor performance improvement in Chrome can achieve for the world.
- throwup238 2y agoSpare parts, for one. BART for example is dependent on old computer parts from Ebay to keep the Bay Area's main mass transit system running: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32884814 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32884814 Speaking as a customer, it's slow, annoying, and makes the shopping experience there miserable. If you innovate in that software space, you might be able to make a significant impact on the trade of certified exotic wood and maybe even save a few species of tree.
- ddalex 2y agoIF somebody could make 6-figure comp writing lumberyard inventory management systems, they would
- metadat 2y agoMake a SasS, the potential is there.
- nyarlathotep_ 2y agoYes but non-tech organizations are often a disaster for getting even simple things done--crap like filing tickets to get something simple approved like provisioning something via a Cloud provider paired with loads of bureaucracy and (often) lower skilled employees are not an ideal arrangement for picking said fruit.