Hacker News with Generative AI: Software Industry

Thoughts on the software industry (2022) (linus.coffee)
Someone asked me via email about my thoughts on the software engineering field, and what I would tell someone new to the industry.
Software Industry, Career Advice, Software Engineering
95 points by thesephist 49 days ago | 83 comments
Cannot Measure Productivity (2003) (martinfowler.com)
We see so much emotional discussion about software process, design practices and the like. Many of these arguments are impossible to resolve because the software industry lacks the ability to measure some of the basic elements of the effectiveness of software development. In particular we have no way of reasonably measuring productivity.
Software Development, Productivity, Measurement, Software Industry
34 points by aard 75 days ago | 11 comments
I love programming but I hate the programming industry (deathbyabstraction.com)
Programming, Software Industry, Career, Technology
269 points by conquestofdread 272 days ago | 200 comments
The Microsoft-Dilemma – Europe as a Software Colony – Full Documentary (kolektiva.media)
Microsoft, Europe, Software Industry, Documentary, Politics
102 points by jrepinc 280 days ago | 134 comments