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Merit does not require effort. I haven't heard anyone claiming that their ability to program is a measure of their worth as a human being. It is, however, a mea
by natrius 14y ago
Merit does not require effort. I haven't heard anyone claiming that their ability to program is a measure of their worth as a human being. It is, however, a measure of one's usefulness to a development team.
- pron 14y agoOk, but isn't it in the interest of all software employers to use their political power to create more capable developers? This is simple economics; I'm not even touching ethics or justice here. And isn't it the immediate interest of current developers to maintain their value by blocking others from entering this profession? Sometimes we adhere to hidden interests without even realizing. Let us first open our eyes to how society works and how we may, inadvertantly, keep others down.
- natrius 14y agoThose incentives are there, but the linked post isn't about that, nor is it a particularly useful starting point for that discussion.
- anthonyb 14y agoProbably not directly, but that's implied in the word merit, and in the higher pay and better conditions afforded to programmers.