What Is Software Worth and What Are Changes?

[Sephus]

I love changes in a software. Software can be complicated. If you look at software from the fundamental bits to the periphery, you will find thousands if not millions of logical statements that take shape of a monument if you stack them up visually. A real monument with pillars, walls, doors and windows, rooms and compartments that house a thousand users and the developer team is the host of the party. With so many people and so much development, there is nothing but room for change and the underlying importance of change in the structure, furnishings and upholstery. Keeping it maintained and updated at the same time. It all takes change and maintenance for good health and regular upkeep. Without change, things get outdated, less useful and are destined for garbage collection. 

To new features in a software are like buying a new phone or new gadget that you haven't seen or been able to use in a while. When you write code that has not been written before, it is like purchasing and using the new model of a gadget like the Nintendo if you play games. Or like a personal mobile phone if you do shopping or even an entire computer if you write code like a pro and create an app or a new online system. To the person creating it, it has the value of a new computer. However, when you see an actual computer, it houses several thousands of apps which are just as the ones you've created and it costs way more than them collectively. Which makes you question the worth of your app, how good is it and how much is it really worth compared to the computer. And if the computer is worth so much then how much is one application in it worth? 

But in essence, coding a new program is just as good as purchasing new hardware. It comes from the mind of a creator and it sets into a piece of machinery that is both made at and runs at a specific price. There is no software that is really free out there, you're still paying for the electricity, the maintenance and the hardware cost to support the software. There is no software which is run that is not working on your phone at a specific cost. The electricity and the hardware quality matter when it comes to running software. You can make a software which is very efficient in energy consumption, but it still is run at a cost. But if you program and write code that is used and is just as good as created by a professional engineer, you're benefitting worth thousands of dollars because the software is -

1. Written by you.

2. Does not need to be paid for.

3. Does what you need at no additional cost except for a. the hardware it relies on and b. the power it consumes.

4. Cannot be made cheaper because it is better than having a software work on your phone for free. Writing your own software is like creating your own home.

5. It does exactly what you need it to and nothing more or less.

By outlining these points, I'm essentially stating that writing software and creating changes are worth money that you are not spending but are in fact benefitting from for a value that is better than the worth of a free product in the market.

Software changes are just code written on paper and then submitted to a book binder and maintained until it is published. Words in a book are usually not worth so much unless they can prove or do something that will make a change for someone benefitting his or her life. I don't know how but for me software is a benefit because through it I can practice mathematics and understand concepts which could not be understood in theory, and I can say this for thousands of software engineers. Software is awesome, and so are changes.

I think I've made my point clear and that's all this topic was worth stating. If you're a developer and are reading this you'll know what I'm saying and will benefit from knowing that your code is worth a lot more than you believe.

 Sephus