Comment by bluefirebrand

> This is a really wrong perspective on software. Short term monkey style coding does not produce products. You might get money but that is not what it is about

You're not alone in thinking that, but unfortunately I think it's a minority opinion. The only thing most people and most businesses care about is money. And frankly not even longterm, sustainable money. Most companies seem happy to extract short term profits, pay out the executives with big bonuses, then rot until they collapse