I highly disagree. That might (might!) be true of some segments of the tech industry, like SV-based startups, creating products no one wants.
But it's definitely not true of the average piece of software. So much of the world around us runs on software and hardware that somebody had to build. From your computer itself, to most software that people use on a day-to-day basis to do their jobs, to the cars we drive, to the control software on the elevators we ride, software is everywhere.
There is a lot of waste in software, to be sure, but I really don't think the average SE works for a company that shouldn't exist.
But it's definitely not true of the average piece of software. So much of the world around us runs on software and hardware that somebody had to build. From your computer itself, to most software that people use on a day-to-day basis to do their jobs, to the cars we drive, to the control software on the elevators we ride, software is everywhere.
There is a lot of waste in software, to be sure, but I really don't think the average SE works for a company that shouldn't exist.