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Technology is just a tool, for the purpose of solving end-user's problems. Spoiler: Most software you create wont be around in 10 years: http://www.youtube.com

• seanmcdirmid 13y ago
  That you got there is important. If you didn't get there, no value was delivered to end-users.
• grannyg00se 13y ago
  What matters to me is being able to enjoy my life while providing value. And the end user doesn't gain any advantage if I happened to have suffered while I wrote the software. There's nothing wrong with setting yourself up to enjoy your work as much as possible. Yes, in the end, the software won't be around, in fact nor will those who derived value from it. All that will matter is how you got there.
• jbigelow76 13y ago
  >Spoiler: Most software you create wont be around in 10 years A personal anecdote (that at least I still chuckle about): I was working for a start up about about 5 years ago working on a the reporting system for measuring customer metrics, the data was granular enough that we allowed the customer to drill down to the per-hour activity level. As a result it was deemed important to represent the data in the customer's timezone. To "future proof" the system we had a table indicating when to shift an hour for daylight savings time. I populated the table to go out 25 years I think. My manager asked me "what happens in 2033?". But after a moment of thought he came to the same conclusion you did and 25 years was deemed sufficient.