Programmer Humor

No Microsoft Access is/was a GUI software actually meant to have databases instead of how everyone uses Excel/spreadsheets as databases. It is a part of the office suite. It works pretty much like traditional databases but has an easier to access GUI for non programmers I guess. I don't think it's used a ton nowadays except for legacy processes that haven't been updated.

Or contribute to society at all really

A good software engineer is also an architect. You don't need dedicated architects if you have good developers.

But on the other hand there are much more questionable and unnecessary jobs like product managers or managers of managers.

I tried to get a software architect to explain their job to me once, it was like a "lean startup", a libertarian, and a psychic had written an elevator pitch together.

Wait, did you find out? Can you tell us?

They do the same thing building architects do. They draw pretty pictures of the end product that may of may not be structurally sound, then rely on engineers to build it and make sure it doesn't collapse.

You gotta push them in the right order

The biggest thing he got wrong is the assumption that it's good programmers writing libraries.

It's not as easy as it sounds, sometimes the screens are all wrong!! https://xkcd.com/722/

What did she think before?

But when your brain is fascinated by all that has to happen for those screens and meetings to happen, it can still be an interesting job.

You know what they do to old engineers don't you?

EDIT : https://youtu.be/fN-VAdAnoZ4?t=31

" you know what they do with engineers when they turn 40? they take them out and shoot them"

You're probably not the biggest asshole in the room. In my experience, the person making decisions (and the most money) is never the most qualified, most competent, most efficient, or hardest working individual. They are just the biggest asshole in the room. They're willing to be loud and belligerently wrong, they're willing to take credit for the accomplishments of others, they're willing to shift blame onto someone else, they're willing to demand everyone else work harder than they do, and they're willing to demand far more than their fair share of the profit.

And they will be mollified by the rest because nobody is a bigger asshole. Most people just want to do their jobs, and don't want to rock the boat. Competent people see opportunity to ride in the wake of the biggest asshole in the room.

If you ever watch Shark Tank, you'll see they are masters of the craft.

I've been an actual janitor and a sysadmin... they're not dissimilar. You clean up other people's shit for a living.

Reboots your server

Changes your credentials

Explode

Explosion?