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If your definition is focused on javascript slingers, ok. But it’s been ~eighty years since WWII and the Top Secret Rosies and Bletchley Park. Business and gov

• majormajor 4y ago
  80 years is a very young profession, still. How long have their been lawyers training in university programs? Doctors? The answer is in centuries and so you'd expect a lot more supply/demand equilibrium. How many times has that automation resulted in the business saying "great, things are easier" instead of "great, that's quicker now, let's do more things with the time we freed up?" I've only seen the latter, which just breeds more* need for more automation. You can see it in how much software the average business employee used 40 years ago vs today, even halfway through your timeline.
  • mixmastamyk 4y ago
    Yes, though 80 years of workers is enough for almost everyone starting to be dead already. So “centuries” is not quite as biting as it sounds. Engineering does happen to be that old of course. My father ran his two-person business with spreadsheets, word processing, and games (haha) about 40 years ago. I think people forget how much tech was around in the old days. Moon landing and SR-71 happened in the late sixties. Mythical Man Month talks of the software/PM angle and most chapters apply directly to today.