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There should never have been an "artisan era". We use computers to solve problems. You should have always getting stuff done instead of bikeshedding over nitty-gritty details, like when in the office people have been spending weeks on optimizing code... just to have the exact same output, exact same time, but now "nicer". You get paid to get stuff done, period.
> There should never have been an "artisan era". Firm no. There should be and there will continue to be. Maybe for you all code is business/money-making code, but that is not true for everyone. > We use computers to solve problems. We can use computers for lots of things like having fun, making art, and even creating problems for other people. > You get paid to get stuff done, period. That is a strange assumption. Pl…
This is rhetorically a non sequitur. As in, if you get paid (X) then you get stuff done (Y). But if you're not paid (~X), then, ?
Not being paid doesn't mean one does or doesn't get stuff done, it has no bearing on it. So the parent wasn't saying anything about people who don't get paid, they can do whatever they want, but yes, at a job if you're paid, then you better get stuff done over bikeshedding.