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📣 typcl_economist

What other disciplines need programmers?


Besides "typical" software companies, what other disciplines / application areas are in need of programmers? (e.g. bioinformatics, GIS, etc.)


  👤 PaulHoule Accepted Answer ✓
Nearly all businesses can use custom software. One I can think of was a native American owned company that handled the reverse logistics of getting pallets back to companies that ship stuff. On some level that is nailing an occasional board back on or driving a load of pallets on a truck but to coordinate th activity takes software.

👤 shoo
Many sectors can use custom software.

there's also lots of scope for software to help plan or schedule or optimise business decisions in large orgs. e.g. scheduling & routing trains, packing traffic onto ships, scheduling staff for shifts, optimising mixes of input ingredients to produce outputs of sufficient quality while maximizing profit