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Generally agree, but it's not cynicism, it's pessimism. Specifically about human nature - e.g. that people will encourage complexity simply to protect their job
by javajosh 5y ago
Generally agree, but it's not cynicism, it's pessimism. Specifically about human nature - e.g. that people will encourage complexity simply to protect their jobs. I think, at worst, people will NOT make an extra effort to reduce complexity. A sin, but a small one in the scheme of things.
- Gigachad 5y agoI don’t think any programmers are worried about job security right now. But I would say that having advanced and shiny tech is a very compelling feature to a job. I’m seeing generic Wordpress/php agencies really struggle to retain developers because no one wants to work on wordpress or php because it’s not a long term career. So places which do the exact same websites in Rails and React are doing better because even though wordpress might be faster and easier, you have to pay people more than you would if you have cool tech.
- javajosh 5y agoI feel like we're on the brink of nuclear war, and I'm thinking about asymptotic behavior of webapp stacks...and I'm okay with that! I would guess that both PHP and Rails/React (and Java, C#, Python) folk will have all the work they can stomach, if they can stomach it. Consider how in-demand COBOL programmers are these days!
- Gigachad 5y ago>Consider how in-demand COBOL programmers are these days! I keep hearing this but I have only ever heard bad things from the people who work there. Considering how in demand all developers are right now I wouldn't even think of getting in to some obsolete tech. You'd have to pay me enough to retire quickly.
- Nextgrid 5y agoI don't believe it's malice per-se. The market sets the tone and everyone has to follow or be left behind. I've mentioned this in another comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30760146 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30760146