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"Programmers who prefer to be given detailed requirements and push syntax into a terminal or prefer to isolate themselves from the broader product team will hav
by mbenjaminsmith 15y ago
"Programmers who prefer to be given detailed requirements and push syntax into a terminal or prefer to isolate themselves from the broader product team will have decreasing value in the world of innovation and product development."
I don't agree with the title but I agree with this sentence. There is some software development that requires people with skills so advanced that they can really do whatever they like. But most programming is tying systems together and worrying about maintenance, error resilience and cost. While those things are certainly not easy, I think they are becoming more manageable by a broader set of people. You now can't really be a specialist (and disregard everything else and without being in the top factions of a percent of ability) in a field increasingly (successfully) filled by generalists.