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Kirill Shestakov

how the code we’re writing is going to affect the next developer

If you take this a step further, you may ask, how is the code we're writing going to affect the world? This may take you to entirely reconsider how you're using programming to influence people's lives.

I quit my job recently and have been soul searching since mainly for this reason. Why am I even doing programming? Am I contributing to the improvements I'd like to see in this world? I did some hard thinking and decided, it's not even worth doing it unless it's my tool for empathy, and for solving issues I'm concerned about.