But yes that makes sense; my, maybe cynical, outlook is that most people will not actually do that work there. Most will do their stinking best to end up working on some (seemingly) insignificant stuff. I read some newsgroup post from a Windows (person on the actual MS Windows team, not someone who devs Windows apps) developer once who said something like 'I WISH I had programmed the clock in Windows, at least then I could show my parents I do something remotely interesting'. For Andrei and many others it is obvious, but for a lot more people it is completely weird why they do the things they do. And I love to read their stories.
I can rant on forever about a guy I met on a summer job at a supermarket distribution hub (yeah; in the 80s as a 15 year old programmer you couldn't get on freelancer and do something cool); he worked there for 20 years and he was very happy. Because of him, people could get their food every day and he felt valuable and lucky to have landed that job. It was a great example and I like hearing stories WHY people like their job, but not only from people we all know (and love or hate).
But yes that makes sense; my, maybe cynical, outlook is that most people will not actually do that work there. Most will do their stinking best to end up working on some (seemingly) insignificant stuff. I read some newsgroup post from a Windows (person on the actual MS Windows team, not someone who devs Windows apps) developer once who said something like 'I WISH I had programmed the clock in Windows, at least then I could show my parents I do something remotely interesting'. For Andrei and many others it is obvious, but for a lot more people it is completely weird why they do the things they do. And I love to read their stories.
I can rant on forever about a guy I met on a summer job at a supermarket distribution hub (yeah; in the 80s as a 15 year old programmer you couldn't get on freelancer and do something cool); he worked there for 20 years and he was very happy. Because of him, people could get their food every day and he felt valuable and lucky to have landed that job. It was a great example and I like hearing stories WHY people like their job, but not only from people we all know (and love or hate).