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> ...I think we as an industry have let this go, especially since the rise of bootcamps. It just isn't about the craft anymore, its all about "hustle". There is

> ...I think we as an industry have let this go, especially since the rise of bootcamps. It just isn't about the craft anymore, its all about "hustle". There is some truth to the fact that engineering in this time there was more caring about it as a craft, caring about performance, caring about shipping quality etc. Hustle almost always seems like the most direct path to market/economic success. As market imperatives increasingly dominate, other priorities (like "craftsmanship") fall by the wayside. IMHO, the market system is important and useful, but it's also pernicious in a lot of ways. It needs to be powerfully kept in check, otherwise things become shiny and hollow.

no_wizard 4y ago
Its a bubble / bust mentality though. I remember a lot of people pivoting from finance (the previous "winner" of high salary, high growth opportunities pre mortgage crash especially) to tech, that also corresponded with the rise of this culture, IMO. Still was happening until maybe very very recently, MBA's were flooding the tech sector looking for opportunities, founding companies etc. Unsurprisingly, this is when "hustle culture" and the explosion of management roles started to take off in earnest. Craftsmanship isn't a bubble / bust mentality. Good work should stand the test of time, as it were.