It is insightful for software engineers because we feel like we're building things when in fact we're just providing a service which will likely be gone and for

It is insightful for software engineers because we feel like we're building things when in fact we're just providing a service which will likely be gone and forgotten 10 years from now. That's why I find it's important to also have other pursuits that allow you to point at a permanent physical object and say "I made that"