Welcome
Welcome to my new blog on why software is just common sense. If you already agree, then now is the time to- don't take this the wrong way - scamper on (one suggestion in this case is to refresh your favorite news page till your F5 finger aches to see if anything sensational has happened - I promise to post a list of other interesting things to do when you want to stay in front of your computer but dont know what - so check back later anyway).
On the other hand, if the very thought reaches back into the dark recesses of your cussword vocabulary and brings forth levels of anger that you had considered yourself incapable of, then this is the site for you.
If contrary to Aristotle, Russell, Godel and all those enlightened souls, you cannot choose between a set and its complement and are not sure which category you fall under, then read on anyway, since it is more than likely that you will find something interesting or amusing.
The more perceptive among you would have noticed that I mention that this is my new blog. Before this suggests that I possess several blogs in the top of the charts strata of the blogosphere with traffic exceeding that on SR-520 on a Friday evening (at 4 pm), let me quickly explain: I am sometimes a stickler for being authentic and accurate and that requires me to confess that this is not my first attempt at blogging. However, unless you are a close family member or a very close friend, it is unlikely that you have ever had the honor of viewing any of my past attempts at blogging. My best one ever (dubiously titled 'why') is lost forever, since it was created in the grand old days of limited web space, and if I paused for a mere nanosecond in the grand scheme of things without a post, my proud works of art were wiped out from the annals of history. Other attempts have been brief, due partly to my inability to ever award blogging the time it requires, namely the time to think of something and write. A larger reason may be the lack of a theme that seemed worthwhile investing in.
Hence this one - which has a theme near and dear to my heart - why is it that software engineers (self included) are payed so much money to do things that at the end of the day seems trivial, inadequate, buggy, stupid, and ridiculous to most people (case in point: if you work for the software industry, then how many times have you seen friends and relatives bitch about software versus get overwhelmingly amazed by it). While my bias on the issue is evident from the title, I shall attempt to present a more subjective viewpoint, providing examples and instances from both sides of the fence. So, welcome again.
On the other hand, if the very thought reaches back into the dark recesses of your cussword vocabulary and brings forth levels of anger that you had considered yourself incapable of, then this is the site for you.
If contrary to Aristotle, Russell, Godel and all those enlightened souls, you cannot choose between a set and its complement and are not sure which category you fall under, then read on anyway, since it is more than likely that you will find something interesting or amusing.
The more perceptive among you would have noticed that I mention that this is my new blog. Before this suggests that I possess several blogs in the top of the charts strata of the blogosphere with traffic exceeding that on SR-520 on a Friday evening (at 4 pm), let me quickly explain: I am sometimes a stickler for being authentic and accurate and that requires me to confess that this is not my first attempt at blogging. However, unless you are a close family member or a very close friend, it is unlikely that you have ever had the honor of viewing any of my past attempts at blogging. My best one ever (dubiously titled 'why') is lost forever, since it was created in the grand old days of limited web space, and if I paused for a mere nanosecond in the grand scheme of things without a post, my proud works of art were wiped out from the annals of history. Other attempts have been brief, due partly to my inability to ever award blogging the time it requires, namely the time to think of something and write. A larger reason may be the lack of a theme that seemed worthwhile investing in.
Hence this one - which has a theme near and dear to my heart - why is it that software engineers (self included) are payed so much money to do things that at the end of the day seems trivial, inadequate, buggy, stupid, and ridiculous to most people (case in point: if you work for the software industry, then how many times have you seen friends and relatives bitch about software versus get overwhelmingly amazed by it). While my bias on the issue is evident from the title, I shall attempt to present a more subjective viewpoint, providing examples and instances from both sides of the fence. So, welcome again.
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