2019-12-10
Technology is a lever. It lets us do things.
Man is a toolmaker, has the ability to make a tool to amplify the amount of inherent ability that he has.
The whole point of technology is that it let’s us do things.
As a software engineer, it can be tempting to fall into the trap of spending loads of time optimising your developer environments.
These are all loads of fun, and you learn loads by doing them… but the end result is just that you’ll be better at doing a (potentially very specific) job in the future.
Technology can impact every facet of our lives for enormous good. We have the ability to improve the world loads… and there’s more to technology than just a slick development environment.
Maybe try finishing that side-project, or sitting down and thinking what you really want to achieve, rather than how.