> My intuition (that I have no data to support) is because the average level of skill of software engineers is dropping. As someone that has been in the indust

> My intuition (that I have no data to support) is because the average level of skill of software engineers is dropping. As someone that has been in the industry close to 20 years, my guess is that the constant churn is getting in the way. Around 2000 when I started, we had 3 tier apps, people knew how to optimise relational databases to get their application to perform. These days we need to add Kubernetes, Docker, Nosql to cloud platforms in order for it to scale - despite never needing this stuff 15 years ago. Instead of mastering our craft we are encouraged to forget everything and use this new technology instead, as it will be the silver bullet to all our problems. It's closer to a fashion show than engineering.