The software industry is filled to the brim with midwits who think their idea is the only right idea even though its nothing special and they’re ignoring actual problems
As op said - when’s the last time you heard someone talk about writing code that’s easy to debug? Never. Yet 90%+ of companies will make you pass arbitrary algorithms tests
The field is dominated by A types who confuse their neuroticism and ego for talent
I do understand the fact that everyone is following one or two bandwagons, but I don't have the need of saying that someone must have a mental condition for doing that.
There are MANY more reasons for adopting technologies. Marketing, corporate culture, hiring, trying things out, wrong people in leadership position (as the article shows!), etc etc. It's not just always the minions to do things wrong.
If you didn't slap derogatory labels on people, just let people who wanted to use amphetamines and methylphenidate, and addressed problems like organisation and hyperactivity independently people would end up with roughly the same quality of life but without the othering and stereotyping. Which is to say, this sort of stereotyping is an inevitable and continual iatrogenic consequence of the sociomedical status quo. When something is labelled a deficit and disorder - then people almost naturally compare that thing to other things they do not like.
It’s a constant pursuit for new stuff. Sometimes this can be good, but other times it’s just new for the sake of being different.
I think the minions are surprisingly to blame for a lot of the problems with tech. The tech debt excuse is of our own doing.