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What about an architect who outsources the bricklaying? A designer who outsources manufacturing?
by andai 1y ago
What about an architect who outsources the bricklaying? A designer who outsources manufacturing?
- latexr 1y agoBrick laying isn’t architecture and manufacturing isn’t design. Those are separate fields and crafts.
- Avicebron 1y agoIt's very telling when someone invokes this comparison..I see it fairly often. It implies there is this hirearchy of skill/talent between the "architect" and the "bricklayer" such that any architect could be a bricklayer but a bricklayer couldn't be an architect. The conceit is telling.
- gosub100 1y agoMasonry is hard work but not low-skill, FYI.
- andai 1y agoI'm not implying a hierarchy of value or status here, btw. And the point about difficulty is interesting too. I did manual labor and it was much harder than programming, as you might expect! You can certainly outsource "up", in terms of skill. That's just how business works, and life... I called a plumber not so long ago! And almost everyone outsources their health...