[surfsvammel]

I agree that the developers we hire nowadays don’t know as much about virtual memory, CPU pipelines etc. But they don’t need to.

I feel that the Open Source ecosystem has made building software a lot easier.

Also, the sheer number of software engineers have gone up. 20 years ago those who chose to become software engineers where often very passionate about it. Today, it’s like any other trade, you get a larger variety of people.

My last point is that organisations have also matured and know more about what to expect from software engineers. When I started programming professionally I had a lot more time to finish any given feature, today everything needs to get out the door faster.

Overall, I think we are building better software today.