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”24 years ago, Joel [Spolsky] was one of the first influencers of the burgeoning field of software engineering.” I got a laugh out of that line. Hard to think
by pcl 3y ago
”24 years ago, Joel [Spolsky] was one of the first influencers of the burgeoning field of software engineering.”
I got a laugh out of that line. Hard to think that you could be “one of the first” in 2000! I guess we all have different perspectives of time.
- whiplash451 3y agoOne of the first influencers, not the first random nobody
- zem 3y agodijkstra would like a word! (as long as that word isn't "goto")
- pjc50 3y agoI don't think he'd appreciate being described as an "influencer", though.
- miroljub 3y agoWhy do you think Spolsky would ;)
- troupe 3y agoDijkstra's blog posts were handwritten with a fountain pen and distributed by being photocopied. :)
- munificent 3y agoWhat a hipster. Probably drove around in an old Volkswagen bus too.
- ivanche 3y agoHe's a computer scientist, not a software engineer.
- zem 3y agothere wasn't a lot of difference back then; the foundations of both fields were being laid by the same people