I’m honestly really surprised to hear this. Not a professional programmer and have never acquired a full-time job, but it was still my impression that tons of code just gets painstakingly developed, then replaced, dropped, or lost in the couch cushions, based on how I’ve seen and heard of most organizations operating lol.
You’re not wrong that there’s a lot of waste, but even if what you’re doing is inconsequential if done right, it still carries the potential to set everything on fire if you do it wrong.
Yes there is throwaway work but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t need to be done.
Every line of code a programmer does is written so it can benefit the company or make the coder’s life easier.
We are trained to not do busy work if that makes sense, and it’s not busy work if management honestly tells you that they need X, regardless how right or wrong they are.
I’m honestly really surprised to hear this. Not a professional programmer and have never acquired a full-time job, but it was still my impression that tons of code just gets painstakingly developed, then replaced, dropped, or lost in the couch cushions, based on how I’ve seen and heard of most organizations operating lol.
You’re not wrong that there’s a lot of waste, but even if what you’re doing is inconsequential if done right, it still carries the potential to set everything on fire if you do it wrong.
Yes there is throwaway work but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t need to be done.
Every line of code a programmer does is written so it can benefit the company or make the coder’s life easier.
We are trained to not do busy work if that makes sense, and it’s not busy work if management honestly tells you that they need X, regardless how right or wrong they are.