Is lobbying for our interests how we become the bad guys?
I dont want software development to become the oil and gas industry.
More specifically, if software devs aren't creating capital assets, then what exactly is being bought during an acquisition? Don't we tell ourselves our work is building an asset that can be reused and sold. The operational aspect of our job still seems to be treated as opex.
Our entire industry is built on the belief our software is an asset. This feels like big tech wiggling for a tax break but disguised as some grass roots effort to help small tech.
I am strongly against this as the ethics feel very wrong. Our industry doesn't need tax welfare.
I dont want software development to become the oil and gas industry.
More specifically, if software devs aren't creating capital assets, then what exactly is being bought during an acquisition? Don't we tell ourselves our work is building an asset that can be reused and sold. The operational aspect of our job still seems to be treated as opex.
Our entire industry is built on the belief our software is an asset. This feels like big tech wiggling for a tax break but disguised as some grass roots effort to help small tech.
I am strongly against this as the ethics feel very wrong. Our industry doesn't need tax welfare.