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by monsieurbanana
2011 days ago
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Half the threads on hn mention that software engineering was never engineering, so which is it? Or maybe you're the exception to the rule? Sarcasm aside, that ship has sailed
You can't have internet as widespread as it is today while keeping programming in the hands of the very few "true engineers". So either you're arguing the past 20 years of internet progress was a mistake (fair enough point of view) or you're deluding yourself. |
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I also take issue with this whole dumbing down of technology that's been happening over at least the last 10 years and shows no signs of stopping. It's understandable that there are certain business entities that would prefer to be in possession of as much money as technically possible, and to achieve that, they need to give their products into as many hands as possible, which means said products have to be "easy to use", aka don't require reading manuals and understanding what the damn thing is actually doing.
Computers and other computer-like devices like smartphones are, ultimately, tools. As are the programs they run. And tools are meant to serve and empower their end user. 99% of the IT industry, unfortunately, would rather like them not, because that clashes with their own interests they for some reason are allowed by the society to have. That's all I have to say.