> In the past IT people, whether we're talking about programmers or something else, where very clever people. People with a high level of intelligence that took serious pride in doing things in a meaningful and pragmatic way.
Uh, no, IT people were idiots decades ago too. I was one of those idiots. I've watched myself become less of an idiot, over a very long period of time, because I can see my old self in other people today. But even that is a fallacy - I'm not actually less of an idiot, I just see my old idiocy and assume because I've seen it that I'm smarter now.
I find the "impostor syndrome" meme pretty funny. Tech people seem to get impostor syndrome when their egos develop a crack and they see their own lack of understanding, and worry somebody else will see it too. But then a tech person with a stronger ego convinces them that it's all fine, because actually we're all either idiots or geniuses and nobody can tell the difference.
The tech industry is basically at the same level of advancement as people who built small buildings in the medieval period. Large enough that you need an experienced craftsman to put it together, but small enough that they're not using geometry or doing the math necessary to safely build large structures. The idiocy will continue until society forces this industry to be a real regulated engineering discipline.
Uh, no, IT people were idiots decades ago too. I was one of those idiots. I've watched myself become less of an idiot, over a very long period of time, because I can see my old self in other people today. But even that is a fallacy - I'm not actually less of an idiot, I just see my old idiocy and assume because I've seen it that I'm smarter now.
I find the "impostor syndrome" meme pretty funny. Tech people seem to get impostor syndrome when their egos develop a crack and they see their own lack of understanding, and worry somebody else will see it too. But then a tech person with a stronger ego convinces them that it's all fine, because actually we're all either idiots or geniuses and nobody can tell the difference.
The tech industry is basically at the same level of advancement as people who built small buildings in the medieval period. Large enough that you need an experienced craftsman to put it together, but small enough that they're not using geometry or doing the math necessary to safely build large structures. The idiocy will continue until society forces this industry to be a real regulated engineering discipline.