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What would you consider a good set of formal qualifications? Degrees that the people who wrote software you regard well probably didn't have, and people writin
by AlotOfReading 2y ago
What would you consider a good set of formal qualifications?
Degrees that the people who wrote software you regard well probably didn't have, and people writing software you dislike do? Quickly outdated written tests? Years of experience when a common refrain is 1 year of experience x times?
I work with safety critical systems. I still haven't found a better way to evaluate people than having a conversation because none of the overt metrics have correlated well with my "won't get people killed" rating.
- sojournerc 2y agoGood question. I think a big part of physical engineers' credential comes down to liability, which ultimately leads to civil engineering firms hiring contientious and responsible engineers. It's a internal feedback loop that the software industry tends to lack. I'm not advocating for senseless beaurocratic hurdles, but you have to admit that standards for software have fallen as more people have entered the industry.
- AlotOfReading 2y agoI don't agree that modern developers are less capable. If I had to choose between software developed to the best practices in 1995 and the same software developed to modern best practices, I'd pick the modern software in a heartbeat. What's changed is our relationship with software. Old school software did fewer, simpler things. The tools available limited what could even be realized and expectations for the end result were fundamentally different than we have today because they had to be.