As a student at an engineering school the direct line to solving human needs intrigued me. Reading books like Florman’s “The Introspective Engineer” set me on a path of solving societies problems, not my own
Molly E. Holzschlag @mholzschlag
7 Apr 2021
Why did you choose/end up in #webdev #UX #a11y etc. It wasn't any profession much less in existence until I was 30 and for a year it was Lynx on a terminal. Design and complex stack dev just did not exist. Content did. Links did. People worldwide did. So why? Passion? Money? Fun?
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Yes! And I counter ask ya my dear Chris: Aren't society's problems reflections of our own and back again? Also "Why?" is a very uncomfortable question if we think only one answer can exist, which is a human bug reflected in society via separatism, racism, ableism - most any "ism"
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It’s uncomfortable because it’s hard and nuanced. How do we get clean water to the most people in a system? How do we make covid vaccines available to the people that need them first based on a form we design? We’re solving for bigger than the “web” into problems of society
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Replying to @placenamehere
Also, requires honesty, empiricism and critical analysis - all difficult enough to create a world where a majority of people live in bias and theories, outright mythologies - all embraced as *the* truth to extremes. This won't be solved in my lifetime, if ever. Come find me when!

Apr 7, 2021 · 3:59 AM UTC