In software engineering, 80-90% of our work is like plumbing. It's mostly around getting the pieces of information from one place to another, from this little bit of abstraction to that little bit of abstraction. Sometimes we transform it simplistically, and sometimes it goes between the computer without any transformation. But it's mostly just making a pipeline for data to flow through.

The 10-20% left over are the beautiful, challenging stuff where we create value from our creative imaginations. The work where we get applauded for our cleverness and creativity. And this is 10-20% of why we get out of bed in the morning. Otherwise, we are primarily plumbers.

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