Comment by Ericson2314
6 months ago
To quote myself elsewhere, systems programming is first and foremost cost center, not value center, programming.
That explains why it's a bit dangerous for the programmer's career.
6 months ago
To quote myself elsewhere, systems programming is first and foremost cost center, not value center, programming.
That explains why it's a bit dangerous for the programmer's career.
How would you explain performance improvements? Enabling new hardware or new use cases that existing systems do not support?
That sounds just like reducing a cost center to the point where new things become viable?