Ask HN: An average developer's work seems meaningless? I have been wondering what people need. Most people would love to have a better house, furniture, food, etc. They barely need a better software. I was a developer for 8 years. I worked in some corporation and some startup, and it's the same issue all around. The product is not really been needed nor used. I can see that companies like Google had a good impact on the world but they have a good supply of good engineers. They don't need me. It seems that I would be happier saying making good wood furnitures. But hey that's hard to find a woodworker's job and I guess the paying is a lot less. I'm somehow lost. Did you ever had the same feeling? What change did you do? |