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That's great, I guess, but the point is that all work is ephemeral. Whether it lasts five years or 100, there's going to be an end date. When you're on your dea
by madrox 2y ago
That's great, I guess, but the point is that all work is ephemeral. Whether it lasts five years or 100, there's going to be an end date. When you're on your death bed, is "my code was in production longer than average" going to be what you want your legacy to be?
That's what we're talking about here. Sure, it'd be nice if I built a knockout startup with code so great it lived beyond me, and that's a worthy thing to pursue. However, in the end looking back you may, like Woz, find that was less important than other things.
- scruple 2y ago> That's what we're talking about here. Not at all how I took it, but okay. I worked in embedded, medical robotics, and am now in games. People use the shit I've built, I wish more people in this stupid industry had a similar experience. That's what I was talking about. > When you're on your death bed, is "my code was in production longer than average" going to be what you want your legacy to be? This is just weird. No. I don't believe that I'll think about it much. God willing I won't think about it at all starting as soon as I retire but let alone on my death bed.