Re: Is Programming Obsolete?

On Sun, 12 May 2024, Scott Dorsey wrote:

D  <nospam@example.net> wrote:

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Let me add another perspective. Companies, influecing course programs,
don't want to waste time on fundamentals. They want programmers who can do
one nieche thing fast, as fast as possible, so no time to focus on the
basics.

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And this makes sense if you intend to only hire them for a couple years
and then dump them.  If you're doing that, then hiring people who can
learn new systems quickly doesn't actually help you.  Unfortunately this
policy has other problems but is very popular.
--scott
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Spot on scott. That is the game plan as far as I can tell, sadly.