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I remember when the "Joel Test" of 12 characteristics of successful software companies came out around the turn of the century I figured it would be obsolete in
by VLM 5y ago
I remember when the "Joel Test" of 12 characteristics of successful software companies came out around the turn of the century I figured it would be obsolete in mere months or at most a year or two; by 2001 or 2002 at most, who wouldn't be using version control?
Here we are in 2022 and ...
- ljm 5y agoYou could pick up Peopleware or 5 Dysfunctions of a Team today and wonder if it was written in the past couple of years.
- darkengine 5y agoPeopleware is astonishingly relevant and short enough to finish reading over a weekend. Definitely recommend it to anyone starting a career in tech. Then give it a second glance 5-10 years in and see how many more workplace anti-patterns you recognize from your experience...
- VLM 5y agoIt actually gets worse in a way, in the 2010s there was a bit fad in compsci to redo the 70s, so we LISP'd up again. I bet in the 2050s we'll be rediscovering strong typing and lisp again, and pretending its all new again. I donno if JCL and RPG and COBOL will come back; probably will eventually. If they do come back I hope its after my time.