reductionist paper without stating all assumptions in the title.. This relates to a long-term, diverging trend in the practice of programming.. Vast numbers of

reductionist paper without stating all assumptions in the title.. This relates to a long-term, diverging trend in the practice of programming.. Vast numbers of highly skilled coders are paid money to meet requirements of a much larger system.. old-school is corporate but the cloud in general could be thought of this way.. Many strong programmers are on the opposite end -- dreaming of patterns and applying them diligently; much more like weaving or industrial arts.. not "paint by numbers" like the requirements work. There are many, many gray areas in that analysis. Like that physics class demo of a growing balloon where all points expand and diverge at once.. the practice of programming will never be contained into one or more categories.. But to call out "good programmers" without recognizing the breadth and depth, is shallow and at worst counter-productive to the craft. This labeling gives fodder to the "Henry Ford"s out there looking to make other humans work as efficient machines themselves.. personally I can do without that.