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I'm not sure you understand the amount of embedded software that runs the world -- or at least think about it appropriately. And the amount of system and infra
by temac 7y ago
I'm not sure you understand the amount of embedded software that runs the world -- or at least think about it appropriately.
And the amount of system and infra software that is needed to even let the web exist.
An "application" is not just a cute GUI that a consumer or an office worker can interact with. Nor is the interface the most complicated parts in some systems. I found your projection and generalization as ridiculous as if you said: even the EE needs to master the web technology, and they are not very valuable if they don't.
Hey, they are web devs of various levels. It is ok to be one, especially a good one. It is also ok to be, I don't know, a compiler expert, a kernel hacker, a baseband FW engineer?
The thing is: you often forget about what works pretty much correctly and silently, even when you use it all-day long... :P
- Jach 7y agoI didn't forget about them (my own degree is in CE) and did say I was being somewhat contrarian... And started off impugning on the notion of jealousy (possibly driven by economic value -- I'm not making professional use of my CE degree in part due to $$$) rather than inferiority or even competence in those who stir up the "ugh webdevs am I right?" rhetoric. We probably don't disagree much on the value of people, generally speaking, or the lack of recognition of types of excellence including all the great volunteer work going on in free and open software.