Part of being a professional is listening to the experts and, even more importantly, paying attention to the data. This applies to criticism of the software in

Part of being a professional is listening to the experts and, even more importantly, paying attention to the data. This applies to criticism of the software industry as much as to the industry itself. I think what rubbed a lot of people the wrong way about Uncle Bob's piece is that even as it called for greater professionalism none was evident in the article's own construction, and that seems rather hypocritical.