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> "How your job affects other people's lives" You mean, how a software developer might be helping companies be more efficient, meaning they can now lay off peo
by charlesdm 11y ago
> "How your job affects other people's lives"
You mean, how a software developer might be helping companies be more efficient, meaning they can now lay off people with lower income jobs because their services are no longer required?
I like this idea for blood donations though!
- AriaMinaei 11y agoI'm going to assume that people getting laid off is the fault of software makers and software makers only, for the sake of argument of course. Even then, it's good to know how your work affects people, whether positive or negative. At least you see the result of your work in the big picture, and have a chance to do something about it.
- tomjen3 11y agoThat assumes that those jobs would have existed without your software - and that the factory/warehouse wouldn't simply have closed and caused even further job loss.
- Gu3rr1lla 11y agoIt's like how the ice block men lost their jobs to the invention of the fridge. It's unfortunate but we got to move forward. Plus those people have free will to improve their skills and work somewhere else.