I've seen a lot of pieces lately, talking about the career of a programmer, or the state of the tech industry or what have you, written with rather a lack of pe

I've seen a lot of pieces lately, talking about the career of a programmer, or the state of the tech industry or what have you, written with rather a lack of perspective. Sorry, but even the work of those who are deeply fulfilled by it will not last as long as a Kafka novel. It's simply not possible, or else we would be drowning in the past. Even for writers, even for whatever occupation you think noblest. The blowing away of the past is what gives us a chance to build, and the blowing away of all we have is what will give that chance to future generations. I believe someone may have written a song about this at some point. Of course, just because something's not going to happen doesn't mean we shouldn't strive for it anyway. But I am unsure that posting less frequently on Github will get the author any closer to that achievement. To me this attitude of needing one's work to survive signals an uneasiness with death that will permeate the rest of one's life, but then that would be quite a leap to make on the basis of a blog post.