• Dessalines@lemmy.mlOPM
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    9 months ago

    As a software dev, mainly that people enjoy using it.

    99% of the proprietary software work I did for companies was work that was societally useless, and eventually thrown in the trash. Here I get to make software that improves peoples lives in a tiny way, and is a form of social media that hopefully 🤞 doesn’t destroy people’s mental well-being: is easy to put down, and enjoyable to use.

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      9 months ago

      If you haven’t read the book “bullshit jobs” yet, I really recommend it. Encapsulates this mentality very well