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Agreed. It can be very frustrating to see technology change so, so rapidly. What we worked hard to learn is worth a bit less each year. But The fundamental dat
by greendata 13y ago
Agreed. It can be very frustrating to see technology change so, so rapidly. What we worked hard to learn is worth a bit less each year.
But The fundamental data structures/algorithms don't change and the problem solving skills don't change. For example, get an Oculus Rift dev kit, fool around on that for a few months when the consumer version comes out you'll probably have more work than you can imagine. It's the same pattern.
- zhemao 13y agoYeah, that is rather annoying isn't it. It's like, do we really need yet another way to build a web application? Most of these frameworks don't seem to offer anything novel but rather re-implement the same MVC pattern over and over again. But I'm not a web programmer, so I wouldn't know. On the other hand, Linux kernel programming, which is what the author mentions, hasn't changed that much over the years. What the author seems to bemoan is that the developers are letting those core skills slide because they become dependent on the tools they use in their day-to-day jobs. But actually, I'm not convinced that the mediocrity of the candidates was due to decaying skills. They may not have been particularly skilled to begin with. Experience doesn't necessarily correlate to competence, after all.