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Sure, but we actually provide business value and our toolset is applicable to a broad set of problems.
by finexplained 4y ago
Sure, but we actually provide business value and our toolset is applicable to a broad set of problems.
- trevorboaconstr 4y ago^And both are equally insufferable in their perceived self importance to the world. Too bad I’m not a Roman Emperor, or else I’d host weekly public bouts where I’d pit them against one another in a fight to the death.
- pcwalton 4y agoObviously artists provide business value. That's why there is such a thing as the entertainment industry.
- finexplained 4y agoThe distribution is different. The median programmer provides much more value than the median artist. Additionally math/cs skills apply much more broadly than art skills. The entertainment industry would be much less leveraged without the tools we built for them.
- hnzix 4y agoThe median programmer provides much more value than the median artist. An economy is not a society. There is more to the human experience than "number goes up".
- PurpleRamen 4y agoDepends on whom you ask.