Incentives are *everything*. Rewarding maintenance and "craft" in any field should be part of the culture from day one.
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totally agree
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More accurately, "Another flaw in human character is that we tend to glorify people who build, and forget those who do maintenance."
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well put!
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So it goes
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Hah I love maintenance and chasing bugs. Not the most glamorous but I've never been much for glamour!

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Maintenance isn't sexy on a promo packet, but maybe it should be
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It's a great sentiment, but it's not actually true. There are billions of people around the world, unheralded, who keep things running.
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Ah, the Indian IT Services industry you mean ?
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Couldn't we just train AIs and robots to do the maintenance of everything, and let us humans concentrate on the creation of new stuff...? :)
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