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I agree with you in that the challenge is partially caused by the rapidly changing environment. However, I also believe the combination of the changing environm

I agree with you in that the challenge is partially caused by the rapidly changing environment. However, I also believe the combination of the changing environment and the style which technology is taught creates the problem. It is taught in a more specific manner that promotes getting things to "just work". Or at least, that is what a young student might strive for. I am also not trying to compare the "complexity" of the subject to others. I am simply saying that technology is extremely interconnected. All the topics relate to one another. So, when getting something to "just work" without understanding multiple times, this compounds on itself to create a real challenge in the long run.

pixl97 7y ago
The big problem with 'just work', is that is all that seems to be necessary for a viable product in many markets. You could spend a lot of time and effort getting it right, but in few situations is there adequate competition for that to significantly change the profitability of the end product. Even full blown data theft and remote command injection rarely cause the economic impact that demand market change.
ordu 7y ago
I agree, that there is a feedback loop between education and practice. But I meant that any attempt to change something needs to start from the root cause: the rapid pace of tech progress. This pace is a good thing, but it comes with a cost. > I am simply saying that technology is extremely interconnected. All the topics relate to one another. I believe that it is an artifact of our cognition: our understanding of tech is not crystallized enough. To draw borders between topics one needs a lot of time to think and to experiment. It is like developing software by splitting it into separate libraries: you need a lot of time to think to do it perfectly. But in a 10-20 years your separation of a problem domain will stop being perfect because the problem changed.

pixl97 7y ago

The big problem with 'just work', is that is all that seems to be necessary for a viable product in many markets. You could spend a lot of time and effort getting it right, but in few situations is there adequate competition for that to significantly change the profitability of the end product. Even full blown data theft and remote command injection rarely cause the economic impact that demand market change.

ordu 7y ago

I agree, that there is a feedback loop between education and practice. But I meant that any attempt to change something needs to start from the root cause: the rapid pace of tech progress. This pace is a good thing, but it comes with a cost. > I am simply saying that technology is extremely interconnected. All the topics relate to one another. I believe that it is an artifact of our cognition: our understanding of tech is not crystallized enough. To draw borders between topics one needs a lot of time to think and to experiment. It is like developing software by splitting it into separate libraries: you need a lot of time to think to do it perfectly. But in a 10-20 years your separation of a problem domain will stop being perfect because the problem changed.