It was actually an interesting read.

TLDR: Whatever software building methodology/process you are using now, is probably crap, and made up by people that don't really know any better and just making things on the go.

Eg. He mentioned 'structured programing' was a fad at the time. Now it is Agile, and its offshoots.

Best way to deliver software is to have a handful of capable people and pay them well and get out of their way. The key to get paid well as a dev. is to be in a project that is important, life/death for the company.

I think the most interesting part of the article was the early job divisions while building software. It didn't make sense, but it was adopted due to the coorporate culture of the time.