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Oh come on. Tech does not need barriers to entry. It just needs debugging and improving one's code to also have a low barrier to entry.
by rspeer 8y ago
Oh come on. Tech does not need barriers to entry. It just needs debugging and improving one's code to also have a low barrier to entry.
- blub 8y agoSoftware engineering is very hard and can't be taught in bootcamps, blog posts or on the job. It takes years of concentrated effort and quality learning material. A significant number of graduates of computer science couldn't do software engineering after graduation even before. That barrier to entry is designed to protect society from poor quality software and actual software engineers from having to suffer through picking up the broken pieces after those people that were helped to jump the barrier.
- bushin 8y agoType with one hand, make your software better!
- projektir 8y agoWhere can it be taught, then? There are no resources for this right now, mostly people are left to their own devices. Most barriers to entry are not designed to protect anyone, they're designed to preserve power. To protect people from bad products, you need regulation, accreditation, etc.
- blub 8y agoThere are very good universities focusing on computer science and software engineering in most countries. This is the first step. Then one needs to find a company with a good engineering culture, apply the theory they learned and gather experience. Ideally one should find a qualified engineer as mentor. Self-study and being aware of developments in the profession are the last piece of the puzzle. Yes, some people won't be able to do some of these things and as a result they won't be good software engineers. They could still be successful programers, the two aren't necessarily related.
- projektir 8y agoThis seems more like what you would like to happen, not what actually happens to most people, so it doesn't really qualify as resources.
- Papirola 8y agoUniversities ?
- projektir 8y agoMost universities don't even cover something as basic as version control. Monitoring? Forget it.
- paulddraper 8y ago> Oh come on Apologies if I suggested otherwise, but of course programming doesn't need barriers to entry. Just like PCs and the internet don't.