Thanks for sharing this great readVicky! I've been giving the same things a lot of thought lately. I recently wrote a few articles on this subject right here on dev.to, and I've seen more developers questioning their motives lately. It might be the zeitgeist.
Now to be fair, these articles have more questions and critiquing than solutions but they might be an interesting read.
I've been trying to write a reply to your article, as it deserves a proper answer, but I'm afraid I'm only going in circles. I'm going to give this some more thought and hope to get back to you.
In any case I'd recommend these articles on the Guardian:
Thanks for sharing this great readVicky! I've been giving the same things a lot of thought lately. I recently wrote a few articles on this subject right here on dev.to, and I've seen more developers questioning their motives lately. It might be the zeitgeist.
Now to be fair, these articles have more questions and critiquing than solutions but they might be an interesting read.
I've been trying to write a reply to your article, as it deserves a proper answer, but I'm afraid I'm only going in circles. I'm going to give this some more thought and hope to get back to you.
In any case I'd recommend these articles on the Guardian: