Good observation! This person is obviously meeting a need, and probably doing pretty well for themselves, SQL injection and all.
> The most common thing I hear people say with respect to their jobs is: “I’m just one person, I can’t actually do anything to make things better/worse…”
Yup. This is something on the order of a large-scale blackpill meme lately. Comment sections are usually rife with low-agency thinking. Which is quite something in tech, given that devs are the means of production for tech. True, tech as of late seems to be veering into more capital-heavy ventures (AI), probably to head off existential risk from the fact that a few skilled individuals can still really make a dent.
> The most common thing I hear people say with respect to their jobs is: “I’m just one person, I can’t actually do anything to make things better/worse…”
Yup. This is something on the order of a large-scale blackpill meme lately. Comment sections are usually rife with low-agency thinking. Which is quite something in tech, given that devs are the means of production for tech. True, tech as of late seems to be veering into more capital-heavy ventures (AI), probably to head off existential risk from the fact that a few skilled individuals can still really make a dent.
It all comes down to belief and will.