Another reason for the failure of TDD is the fact you need to be a very good programmer to be productive with it. Indeed, it requires you to be able to think yo

Another reason for the failure of TDD is the fact you need to be a very good programmer to be productive with it. Indeed, it requires you to be able to think your general API and architecture ahead. Junior and 9-to-5 programmers suck at this. They are much better at tinkering until it forms a whole, then shape that into something that look decent and works well enough. And we live in a world where they represent a good part of the work force. You can't expect everyone to be a passionate dev with 10 years of experience and skilled in code ergonomics and architecture design while being good at expressing him/herself. That's delusional. And armful.