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It's been a long time goal of the software dev community to lower barriers to entry through bootcamps and such, in an attempt to "democratize software". And th
by blub 8y ago
It's been a long time goal of the software dev community to lower barriers to entry through bootcamps and such, in an attempt to "democratize software".
And the result is unsurprisingly poorer quality software. So why is it a good thing?
- projektir 8y agoIt's a good thing because it avoids the problem of blocking people from entering for largely arbitrary reasons (i.e., country of birth; exposure to computers in childhood). I don't think the problem of quality should be addressed by arbitrarily axing people from the field. Some sort of a standardization / accreditation seems like a better approach.
- blub 8y agoThe country of birth and exposure to computers in childhood are not preventing people from becoming software engineers. I'm living proof of that, as are many people all around the world. And axing is not arbitrary, it's generally done based on experience and know-how. Not everyone can or should become a software engineer.
- ddalex 8y agoBecause people think bad software is better than no software