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Expertise is falling out of favor
- tabtab 7y agoThe examples are mostly about the military. It's hard to extrapolate that to IT. If anything IT is becoming more specialized because our tool stacks are becoming more complex. For example, pre-web, UI's were generally easy to create and change due to their WYSIWYG nature. The Web pissed on WYSIWYG big-time because it's "flow-based", and different browsers, versions, and OS settings would render differently. Thus, it generally requires a UI specialist to do it well. It might change with a new tool or standard, though. The pendulum of approaches often swings back and forth over time, similar to how the industry swings between server-centric and client-centric designs. And, data-centric versus code-centric, etc.
- daveslash 7y agoAdmittedly this comment isn't related to the article itself, but I had the opportunity to tour the USS Gabrielle Giffords a couple of years ago. I'm not an expert in naval ships, but it seemed very impressive. Being made out of aluminum instead of traditional steel, much of the insides were covered in reflective anti-fire material; made it look "space-agey". If you live in San Diego, or another naval town in the U.S., keep an eye on local news as the navy occasionally offers tours open to the public.
- mntmoss 7y ago"Fast is smooth, smooth is slow" is the phrase that comes to mind.