[unityByFreedom]

weird, I've heard it said frequently for decades in various forms,

"value your knowledge workers"

"your employees are your most valuable asset"

Some companies don't treat employees well, and some employees at good companies feel they are not treated well enough

If the above quotes do not strike a chord with you, you might just be a software engineer who thinks you're more important than non-SEs.

[jrumbut]

The difference, for me, is that neither of those quotes explain why you should value knowledge workers or why employees are valuable (maybe hiring is expensive, maybe turnover reduces morale, etc), nor do they suggest the mechanism that creates this value.

I'm sure another author has put the same sentiment out there before, but it's not every day I see such a nice phrasing of it.

[unityByFreedom]

> neither of those quotes explain why you should value knowledge

I mean, the point of short quotes is to be memorable and get future listeners to hunt for the reason behind them. "The sun will rise tomorrow" may also be meaningless for some people on its own.

Nothing wrong with elaborating on this subject again via a blog post, I was just pointing out to the commenter who's never heard this expressed before that it has a long history, that's all.

[joes223]

Employees are not assets because the company doesn't own them.

[simonswords82]

True but they produce value which goes on to become an asset, in this case the knowledge captured and organised in to software.