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"Ultimately, we're all amateurs." - Wow, that's something I've been thinking a lot lastly. It's true that a good developer can learn a new language (or technolo
by almata 13y ago
"Ultimately, we're all amateurs." - Wow, that's something I've been thinking a lot lastly. It's true that a good developer can learn a new language (or technology, or even paradigm) in a quite short amount of time, but at the same time, when we're constantly doing that it's true that, as an effect and as the author says, we're becoming permanent amateurs. I don't have a solution for this though (maybe there is no solution at all, or maybe there is not even supposed to be a solution).
- pistle 13y agoThe best we can be are professional on-the-job learners with a knack for clean implementations.
- acomjean 13y agoIts true. To quote a wise man at the php conference "I get the feeling we're just making stuff up that works" when talking about scaling sites. Its about being a professional in the way you handle the tools at your disposal. This has been going on for a while. It was noted last century that a job opening asking for "5+ years experience" in a technology that was 3 years old.