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Your common people back then were far more computer-literate than most of career programmers today. Requirements for the entry into profession is so much lower
by SXX 6y ago
Your common people back then were far more computer-literate than most of career programmers today. Requirements for the entry into profession is so much lower from any point of view: time, difficulty and cost.
Another side is that programming and web is no longer novelty so common people prefer to just pay for someone else for their time rather than learn anything on their own.
Most people prefer to pay their auto mechanic, plumber or electrician even though most of people are capable of fixing many of their problems just by following simple tutorial and common sense. Programming is no different here: it's just easier or more time efficient to pay to someone else.
- bsder 6y ago> Your common people back then were far more computer-literate than most of career programmers today. I absolutely don't buy this. My father, a high school English teacher, could barely run a spreadsheet that I set up for his grades--something that basically everyone can do today without blinking. And even he could use Hypercard. It's the tools, not the people.
- y2kenny 6y agoI second this. Flash, HyperCard, Dreamweaver, VisualBasic 6 are all the tools I (along with my classmates) played with during high school before any official cs/engineering training.
- TylerE 6y agoPlus life is so much easier when you don’t have to worry about i18n, encryption of any kind, HiDPI displays, Unicode of any sort, really any of dozens of things that modern users expect to just work.