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I hope the software that blocks us from using computers doesn't block enough people to where there are no more programmers.
by nathanaldensr 5y ago
I hope the software that blocks us from using computers doesn't block enough people to where there are no more programmers.
- Filligree 5y agoI don't know anyone who got into programming who didn't do it on a computer they had for other reasons. Nobody buys their kid a $2000 device just in case they might want to be a programmer, especially since the kid isn't going to play with that device -- there won't be any games for it. No, it's always a side-effect of using GPCs for other things. Even, or really, especially when it's inconvenient. Anecdotally, it is indeed getting harder to hire good people. I don't know that we've reached 'peak programmer', but the count isn't growing as fast as it used to.
- stan_rogers 5y agoYour "nobody" scenario is basically the whole beginning of the personal computing era. "Useless" machines that cost a fortune, had no available software (to within statistical error) and booted to BASIC. Without that era, we wouldn't have this one.