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Wow, what hogwash. I still don't see where the article connects the dots -- why, exactly, would I end up working for an English major? As for the balance of th
by jroseattle 15y ago
Wow, what hogwash. I still don't see where the article connects the dots -- why, exactly, would I end up working for an English major?
As for the balance of the article, most of the finger-pointing to dead-end oblivion for 40+ programmers is that they're priced out of the market. While that may be true in some cases, it's certainly not a trend I'm seeing -- rather, the opposite.
Mostly, this article was written by someone who has no idea what programmers/developers/architects/engineers do with their time, nor why companies value them in those endeavors.
- cowholio4 15y agoEh... I wouldn't write off the author that easily. I had him as a professor at UC Davis. http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/matloff.html http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/matloff.html
- whimsy 15y agoPerhaps, but he's no English major - didn't support his thesis.
- Magnin 15y agoHe doesn't work for one either: his boss (Chancellor) is an EE. http://chancellor.ucdavis.edu/about/index.html http://chancellor.ucdavis.edu/about/index.html
- jroseattle 15y agoLots of credentials, but I don't see much in the way of real-world technology experience working in the field. Not to knock the guy, but his only vantage point is academia and government. He's certainly well publicized (gets his name in the paper a lot), but it just doesn't add any credibility to his story.