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It looks like my takeaway, but that could be because the article was too long and I didn't read past the second paragraph. Maybe it gets better? I was too anno
by famousactress 16y ago
It looks like my takeaway, but that could be because the article was too long and I didn't read past the second paragraph. Maybe it gets better?
I was too annoyed to continue. Software development is a craft. That doesn't mean you can't punch a clock, go for it. There are commodity photographers who punch clocks, doesn't make them justified for getting annoyed at ones who are more passionate about photography than they are.
There's room for craftspeople at every level of the scale, frankly... and there are plenty of shops that applaud the sort of attitude the author seems to have about software development.
- callahad 16y ago> I didn't read past the second paragraph The entire post is less than 900 words. Might it be better to reserve judgment until you read the article?
- famousactress 16y agoYou're right. I read it, sorry. Still don't like it. The whole thing is obnoxious, and sadly ironic. It reads like "I don't like how you guys make me feel like I ought to be more like you, so you ought to be more like me". Nobody is shoving anything in anybodies face on this. Also this is an interesting quote: What is it about computer science and software engineering that causes people to become obsessive, arrogant, elitist people? I think we've got the cause and effect reversed here. A better question is what would make obsessive, egomaniacs (those other terms are a bit ugly) want to write software. To that question I'd answer Are you kidding? We play God in a little box all day and organize intangibles for a living! You couldn't design a better career for those attributes. Better question posed to the author: Why did you decide to do this? Cause it sounds like you've got accountant-envy.