For quite some time now, the development of software engineering has been making economically viable for some programming tasks to be preformed by Technicians,

For quite some time now, the development of software engineering has been making economically viable for some programming tasks to be preformed by Technicians, this is not new. But it is nice to see people starting to accept this. And this is very, VERY, healthy for software. Technicians are not Engineers (as in, rigorously trained in science and math with a practical focus). It means that more people can become Technical Programmers, and Designers and Engineers can stop worring about implementation details and focus on innovation and value generation. PS: Or, both can be good Technicians, besides being Designers or Engineers. As somebody said, a shared skill-base. The problem is thinking that Technician is the only role for the Engineer.