Listen instead If companies require 20–40% fewer employees to do the same or better work, who will be left with salaries to buy the very products they make? This material reflects my opinions and not those of my employers. ...
Research: The Evolution of Software Development Tools and the Changing Role of the Software Engineer, revised by Claude This material reflects my opinions and not those of my employers. Overview: A Recurring Promise For more than six decades, each new generation of development tools has arrived with a bold promise: this time, we’ve made coding so simple that you won’t need skilled engineers anymore. It has never been true. What has happened instead is more interesting — each wave of abstraction raised the floor of what was possible, which raised the ceiling of what was expected, which demanded skilled practitioners. However, the skills required have evolved. ...