Empathy allows me to connect with the world in a deeper and more meaningful way. Not just being able to understand how people feel, but to feel how they feel gives insight into how to make real and lasting positive change. With that being said, I believe acting and thinking with empathy expands outside of the human species and into the diversity of life and even our environment and ultimately our planet Earth. It has helped me think of the bigger picture and humbled me into believing that there is more to life than just taking care of myself and interests, it's about improving the lives of the people (and critters) around me and the generations that have yet to come.
Developing software empathetically allows you to design in a more thoughtful way. Coming up with solutions to improve the user's experience, potentially in ways that they hadn't even realized, is a path toward high qualit