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>But essentially the problems are getting simpler. The same could be said about you and someone who started their career in the late 60s. You probably didn't h
by learc83 8y ago
>But essentially the problems are getting simpler.
The same could be said about you and someone who started their career in the late 60s. You probably didn't have to write your own OS.
If you were building software that businesses expected in the 60s in the 80s, then your job in the 80s would have been a lot simpler than it was in the 60s. And If you are building the software now that businesses expected 20 years ago, then yes your job is much simpler.
That's generally not how it works though. As capabilities increase, expectations increase, and many times expectations increase even faster than capabilities.
- tootie 8y agoWell, yeah, but my point is basically that work is being pushed up the stack, hence all the energy going into UI development. The biggest challenge for backend devs is usually API Design.
- learc83 8y agoThe biggest growth in expectations I've seen are in UI, Analytics, and Security/Data protection. 2 of those are primarily backend, and they aren't something you can just plug in unless you are solving very trivial problems. And pulling requirements out of business people who don't really know what they want, then turning them into sensible data models that can produce reliable and actionable business intelligence is still where I spend most of my time.