Software as a profession sucks, a rant.

[darose-prQxUZoa2zOsTnJN9+BGXg at public.gmane.org (David Rosenstrauch)]

On 10/23/2009 08:53 AM, Matthew Gillen wrote:
> On 10/22/2009 11:33 AM, David Rosenstrauch wrote:
>> On 10/22/2009 11:08 AM, Mark Woodward wrote:
>>> What does BLU think?
>> I think a lot depends on what company you work for.
> 
> Ditto that.
> 
>> ...
>> IME the negatives you point out appear far more often in larger and/or 
>> more mature companies. 
> 
> I would venture to say it happens a lot in companies where software is
> not the core product.

> But
> there will always be companies that are "high-technology", who have the
> values you seem to be nostalgic for.  Likewise, there will always be
> customers for those companies, businesses for which technology (and
> software in particular) /will/ be a competitive advantage.  It's just
> that the pool of companies in that category is smaller than it used to
> be (it used to be everyone, but now a lot of core business software has
> become a commodity).
> 
> Matt

I would say that's exactly right.  If the OP wants to keep doing 
exciting interesting tech work, he needs to seek out companies where 
technology *is* their business.

In my work experience examples, the bank I worked for was not, while for 
both the enterprise software company and the internet startup it was/is 
- and my job satisfaction reflected that.

DR