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With specific skill sets, you can build architecturally sound systems at no extra cost. Except the extra labor costs of someone with that skillset.
by forgottenpass 12y ago
With specific skill sets, you can build architecturally sound systems at no extra cost.
Except the extra labor costs of someone with that skillset.
- fsloth 12y agoI would like to respond that the maintenance costs and thus TCO will be lower for the better designed system - however I have no idea how to formulate this into a tenable economic argument since I have absolutely no data to back this up.
- wellpast 12y agoToday, yes. But that's a problem our industry needs to solve. A lot of our labor force has already paid in money and time for education. Our education system has simply failed to deliver the full skill sets. Not necessarily the education system's fault -- our industry needs to know what skill sets to ask for and what is their value.
- forgottenpass 12y agoOur education system has simply failed to deliver the full skill sets. Even if you ignore the question of what material post secondary education should be teaching, the more substantial bounds are the time limitation of school. Even a hyper-specialized curriculum can't cover everything, and isn't a substitute for real world experience. It's soothing to sit around and find ways to opine and blame external parties (education is a popular choice) for the fact that experienced and skilled developers can't be had for the cost of green developers. But it's just an activity that releases energy without changing anything, aka (mental) masturbation.