incer

It isn't 1 AM all over the world, you know...

I work in a small business making machines for the food industry. I am the sole software "developer" in the company. I use quotation marks because I'm 100% self-taught.

At an industry level there's a serious disregard for the user's time and work. If there's some menial task that could be automated with a little more effort, it's often disregarded, why? Because the ones making the machines won't be the ones using them, they just have to train the operator on how to perform that frustrating and repetitive task every day multiple times a day, and the managers who actually buy the machines and manage the installation don't care either, because it'll be the job of some lowly worker.

When we train users on our machines, they're usually all enthusiastic, because they see that they are actually built to ease their workload, and that they're intuitive to use.... But that's not something that makes the machines easier to sell. What has helped lately is that the same automation which reduces labor also reduces user error, and THAT''S something managers will appreciate.

I'm pretty sure that any disability compensation or pension would be handled by the government in any EU country