It's not about the code

It's not about the code. It's about the lives that you are impacting with the software system that you are building.

For a software programmer to think of code and code alone, is like a Mechanical Engineer thinking about bricks and steel with little though placed on the bridge that he is building.

There are very few areas of Human Existence today which are not touched by Software Technology.

From a 90 year old man looking into his phone for messages from his great grand children, to pastors and gurus rendering sermons, to people watching their weight, to moms looking for recipes; Software has made an entry into every person's life.

NASA, intelligence agencies in practically every country, government administration, medicine and health-care, sports, business and education: Everything runs on software.

In this landscape, software engineers who can see themselves as agents of impacting positive change are the ones that will make a difference.

It's not about code. It is about the lives that you are impacting.

Which part of human existing are you focused on? Are you passionate about that area? Are you writing code that can truly create that level of impact?