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The computer industries go through cycles of amnesia. Every new generation of comp-sci grads bears some responsibility for this amnesia->re-invention cycle - b
by fit2rule 10y ago
The computer industries go through cycles of amnesia. Every new generation of comp-sci grads bears some responsibility for this amnesia->re-invention cycle - by ignoring the lessons of "the previous generation, who are clearly antiquated and out-dated by virtue of being 'old'", new grads put themselves in the precarious situation of having to re-invent the very solutions they were ignoring in the first place. This is a cultural phenomenon - a clash of generation-based prejudice - and not at all technological.
Manage developers - and the hiring of such - for more than a decade and you will see this pattern occurring. Youth gain amnesia through prejudice, and then re-invent the technology they ignored in the process. This happens time and again.
- digi_owl 10y agoI'm not sure if if it is prejudice, or simply an artifact of the education system. This in that students get to learn straight theory, not specific implementations, or the history of thought in computing. On top of that the labs are by now using networked PCs, not terminals hooked to a mainframe. Thus unless one take a independent interest in computer history, one kinda get a jump from Univac to modern PC, with maybe touching base on the C64 and AppleII.
- aeorgnoieang 10y agoThere's also a economic explanation – the costs of learning about all of the good pre-existing solutions is large.
- fit2rule 10y agoVery good point!