A very nice summary of the current state of affairs! Depending on the codebase one will be working on, it is probably beneficial to have lived through this ent

A very nice summary of the current state of affairs! Depending on the codebase one will be working on, it is probably beneficial to have lived through this entire history, so that one can discern which paradigm is hype or here to stay. I wonder what approach in teaching students is most useful to become a decent software engineer. Is "history of software engineering" a mandatory course in most universities now?