[mike_d]

I think this sums it up: "a lot of the work you end up doing is not programming."

Programmers will happily hire a lawyer or a receptionist, but will code themselves into a fury and invent programming languages to avoid admitting they suck at ops and should hire someone.

Let's just call it what it is: the cloud is ego driven outsourcing. Nobody wants to admit they need an ops person, so they just pay for 1 millionth of an ops person every time someone visit their website.

[dr_kiszonka]

You are right, but wouldn't it be lovely to have a programming language to reduce our reliance on lawyers? (e.g., some logic language in a civil law system)

[fulafel]

Most programs are written in a context where hiring someone is not an option.