You're out of touch if you think that architecture is what anyone cares about these days

You’re right, of course. Sadly, I find that I have the heart of a craftsman, so I won’t compromise my own Principles. True, some (a lot, maybe) folks will sneer at me as a “poor,” and look down on me, for not being willing to compromise my personal Integrity for money, but I learned to ignore that, a long time ago. I’m not competitive, and I don’t care about dying with the most toys. I like making stuff that will improve lives, and make the world a better place. I’d much rather do free work that benefits a destitute, homeless, recovering drug addict, or a re-entering felon, than be paid for work that is really about entertaining some wealthy, bored tech bro. I know that is a minority stance, in this community. I don’t feel (or want to feel) as if I’m better than anyone here, but I also know that I’ll be vigorously attacked, just for saying things like “I want to care about the people tha…

Oh, and this is neither her, nor there, but I work very fast. So fast, in fact, that the people I work with complain about it. I’ve learned to slow down, and spend a lot more time, “polishing the fenders,” so to speak. Folks seem to be happy with the results. I do very good code, based on excellent architectures, very quickly. I do it for free, because no one thinks that’s worth paying for, and that suits me just fine. The last thing that I want, is some money-crazed manager, insisting that I ship crap, so they can get rich. The poor folks that use my software will get a Quality level that far surpasses much of the commercial stuff out there. I actually find that thought rather satisfying.