We have all been programmed by our corporatist environment to think we need "important, famous rich people" to collect and throw money at us, so that code can be written.
But we can just work at a restaurant
or farm potatoes
or have a boring office job
or work the IT help desk
or be a housewife
or a college student,
...and code.
This is a real thing.
We don't need their money to build.
We don't need their permission to build.
We build for ourselves.
On our own time.
On our own dime.
We are sovereign coders.
This is the way!
I wrote this because I keep getting responses like, "Stop complaining about the rich people who give us software, or they might go away and then we'll never get any more," and it's like
Never go full cargo cult. 🥴
Don't you think that most people don't code because it's extremely boring?
Everything is boring, if you don't understand it.
If you understand it, it's trivial, and thus boring.
No, software development is creative, like artisan baking or watercolor painting or writing novels.
The more adept you become at it, the less onerous it is, and the more fun you can have doing it.
Regretfully I don’t know how to code. #thankacoder !
We have people on our team who don't code, but the support the coding in other ways, so that the coders can work faster and get more visibility for their releases.
One of the best ways to support your personal coders is to quote-post their release notes and explain why you find it interesting.
And then zap their note.
Beautiful to know that Humanity has been building throughout its entire existence, its time for us to do our part.
Right on! In less than two weeks, I’ll be off to Madeira to be a sovereign coder.
I almost totally agree with this, but there are many important applications, features and protocols that are complex enough that the solo nights-and-weekend warriors cannot make a dent in them.
There's a whole class of problem that needs programmers to get paid - and well.
It has to do with organizing into larger, coordinated teams and biting into problems bit-by-bit.
That extends the delivery date, but it doesn't necessarily stop you from building a solution.
It's a team of part-time devs, is all.
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