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How we can make a difference as software engineers

Amanda Sopkin on December 22, 2017

As the holiday season rolls around again the idea of doing good in the world has been on my mind. As kids many of us talked about changing the wo...
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Enzo Lizama Paredes

Just amazing <3, probably we are the protagonist in any change into the world and we can impact possitively in our users life, taking in count that we are users too. So if every developer or SE cares a little bit more about to change possitive the world, everything would be better.

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Frank Carr

Unfortunately, in the non-tech corporate world, I've found most people at work to be unappreciative to efforts to help them out. Everyone these days is so focused on the minutia that they're constantly measured on. Anything that doesn't make those little numbers look better for them is unwanted. I'd say that in many cases creating reports that result in metrics-based micromanagement make the world a worse place.

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Christian Vasquez

Fantastic read! 👏👏👏

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Kamal Lamgade • Edited

Great post! Keep it up !! I get the similar thought as a software enginner and question myself .. I was specifically googling with these keywords and your post came on the top 😀👍