> This has made me wonder just how few developers have been doing even remotely interesting things. There’s not much to ponder on here as the majority of human

> This has made me wonder just how few developers have been doing even remotely interesting things. There’s not much to ponder on here as the majority of human thought and action is unoriginal and irrelevant, so software development is not some special exception to this. This doesn’t mean it lacks meaning or value for those doing it, since that can be self-generated, extrinsically motivated, or both. But, by definition, most things done are within the boundaries of a normal distribution and not exceptional, transcendent, or sublime. You can strive for those latter categories, but it’s a path strewn with much failure, misery, and quite questionable rewards, even where it is achieved. Most prefer more achievable comforts or security to it, or, at most, dull-minded imitations thereof, such as amassing great wealth.