Although a little bit polemic I like the article. I wrote a comment a few days ago that kind of hit the same note. Almost all developers I know can make things

Although a little bit polemic I like the article. I wrote a comment a few days ago that kind of hit the same note. Almost all developers I know can make things work. They get the job done and thats fine. Like some people here wrote, for many applications thats enough. But already one "level" higher, density gets way lower. I only have my subjective feelings but as far as I can tell, developers who not only get things done but have a okayish code quality and an acceptable test coverage are so much more rare. True software master craftsman are almost not existing. I guess our view of the software industry here is a bit distorted. Naturally people who are active here (or on other sites) dont represent the big mass of software developers. The top people in our software industry can keep it up with the top people of other industries (at least I hope and think so) but the entry and average level is not on the same level as the entry or average level in other industries. Thats where good and structured qualification paths can help.