Comment by azemetre

The point is that bullshit jobs don't contribute anything to society (at least my take after reading the book).

If the game studio never existed not much in society would change, let's go even further and say all game developers never existed. Society wouldn't change. Now lets get rid of all the elementary school teachers. Would society drastically changed?

One of the core points in the book is that the "more prestigious" and "higher pay" a job is, the likelihood of it being bullshit is high. While important jobs like janitor, barber, or a retail worker are very important and pay terribly.

I'm a programmer that develops CRM software. If my company cease to existed the world wouldn't even shrug.