> we got to the point that people can create software that "works" but they cannot fully grasp why exactly it works. It seems to me that this is the real probl

> we got to the point that people can create software that "works" but they cannot fully grasp why exactly it works. It seems to me that this is the real problem. The difference between a sub-par programmer and a competent one is that the latter can create code that they understand and can therefore more easily debug. Being able to create code that "works", but you then have to spend hours/days trying to grok in order to debug it, seems to me to be more harmful than productive.