3 ms·
I remember my dismay when I realized years ago that successive generations of software developers don't know anything their predecessors did. It takes about a d
by throwaway823882 6y ago
I remember my dismay when I realized years ago that successive generations of software developers don't know anything their predecessors did. It takes about a decade or more for them to pick it up by osmosis from their peers (or HN). I don't know what the hell is going on in Computer Science classes, but they sure aren't teaching enough history.
- cratermoon 6y agoMarianne Bellotti's new book, *Kill it with Fire" has an entire chapter, titled "Time is a Flat Circle", devoted to this sort of institutional amnesia.
- zokier 6y agoYour comment is directly contradictory. You say that developers pick stuff up by osmosis from their peers, but at the same time do not know anything from their predecessors. How does that work?
- robertlagrant 6y agoPeers and predecessors are not the same.