that is, definitionally, not institutional knowledge. maybe they can keep the wheels from falling off for a while by finding cheap, disposable labor, but that's only creating exponentially more problems. like i understand and agree with the vague sentiment that computer jobs are all made up bullshit, but that's because their products are useless/evil, not because labor is somehow unnecessary to production or because they're not legitimately professional.
It's also true that a lot of the ancillary labor that goes into these companies is bullshit in someway. Like every boss having a secretary to berate, or the marketing department. They do work, but it's of no discernable benefit to society. Software engineering is an intellectual labor, and a potentially very valuable one at that. But it's best value is for building the kind of infrastructure that would destroy capitalism, so instead we do stupid shit with this labor.
that is, definitionally, not institutional knowledge. maybe they can keep the wheels from falling off for a while by finding cheap, disposable labor, but that's only creating exponentially more problems. like i understand and agree with the vague sentiment that computer jobs are all made up bullshit, but that's because their products are useless/evil, not because labor is somehow unnecessary to production or because they're not legitimately professional.
It's also true that a lot of the ancillary labor that goes into these companies is bullshit in someway. Like every boss having a secretary to berate, or the marketing department. They do work, but it's of no discernable benefit to society. Software engineering is an intellectual labor, and a potentially very valuable one at that. But it's best value is for building the kind of infrastructure that would destroy capitalism, so instead we do stupid shit with this labor.