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>Because in 2020 most programmers won't be engineers. They will be doctors, teachers, farmers, executives... I do not like this narrative at all, and it's beco
by mahouse 11y ago
>Because in 2020 most programmers won't be engineers.
They will be doctors, teachers, farmers, executives...
I do not like this narrative at all, and it's becoming pretty common. Do you imagine a doctor saying "Don't worry, in 2020 most physicians won't be doctors, they will be engineers, teachers, farmers, executives"?
- wo_oy 11y agoI would love it more if it's doctors teachers farmers executives and engineers. Programming as a tool is apparent now. All these frameworks help people to easily realize their ideas. People can be more multi-disciplined than ever before.
- mahouse 11y agoI understand, but the current situation of all software being shit is going to go even worse with this new approach.
- ksherlock 11y agoDo you call a carpenter every time you want to put a nail in the wall to hang a picture? Do you call a doctor to put Neosporin and a band aid on your boo-boo? Do you call an accountant to calculate tips?
- TTPrograms 11y agoWould you then call yourself a nail-hammerer, or are you just somebody who occasionally sloppily hammers a nail or two?
- randomdata 11y agoThe difference is in the employment structure: * The majority of doctors are self-employed * Farmers are, by definition, owners of the business * Executives tend to be large stakeholders in the companies they manage Institutional school teachers tend to be employees, although I'm not sure about all teachers. However, I did have at least one high school teacher (from years ago) tell us that in the future people would learn on demand over the internet, which is coming true, and largely being provided by people who do not have teaching backgrounds. I expect programmers also tend towards being employees, and thus there is a strong interest to automate/eliminate that work.