But what other option did these developers have? They had to deliver something, and they had never released a production application before. So they did what an

But what other option did these developers have? They had to deliver something, and they had never released a production application before. So they did what any sensible person would try to do, and they learned on the job. And yet, so many people push back on my complaints about the shallowness of the education many recent CS grads are getting. No, it's not an irrational fear of the next generation. It's an awareness that some large fraction of recent grads sporting high GPAs don't have enough basic background knowledge to know what they don't know and keep themselves out of trouble. What would we think if companies let non-engineer/architect managers put together teams of completely mechanical engineers and architects, who then went on to build faulty bridges and machines that started to call apart? People would be calling foul. Given the societal, privacy, and financial consequences, it's way past time for the programming field to grow up!