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> IMO the largest share of developers today are doing brick-laying work (which of course takes skill, I am not underestimating it) and would benefit a lot from
by dolni 3y ago
> IMO the largest share of developers today are doing brick-laying work (which of course takes skill, I am not underestimating it) and would benefit a lot from having simpler tools - they don't need to know how to use an oscilloscope at all.
They're doing brick-laying work until they aren't. Most problems are easy to solve and don't require very much fussing over. The expertise comes in knowing which problems are worth fussing over and which aren't.
Technology is becoming ever more present in our lives, not less.
Reducing software engineering to a low-skill trade when there is, in fact, mountains of complexity is surefire way for software to be a heap of shit. And in a lot of ways it already is.
- lpapez 3y ago> Reducing software engineering to a low-skill trade when there is, in fact, mountains of complexity is surefire way for software to be a heap of shit. And in a lot of ways it already is. I fully agree with this observation, but the reality is that this is where things are going. Software quality is simply not that relevant today for the majority of software. As long as the billing works fine, the management is happy to see your website barely working - screw the quality if the money is coming in anyway. Such software costs much less and can be built by bricklayers.