“The way is shut. It was made by those who are dead.”
- A senior engineer’s message to a junior engineer, probably
- A senior engineer’s message to a junior engineer, probably
Real "senior" devs don't cargo cult.
The MBA'ification of various sectors keeps resulting in disaster & decline, but empowering craftspeople & laborers to do good seems to remain deeply unpopular by most businesses.
Whether businesses care enough to share ownership with the dev "resources" is a somewhat scary ongoing balance. It's sick to say, but to me it's unclear what concerted forces will help maintain experience & knowledge as a useful thing, amid a hyper-capitalism running amock. I hope my fears here are deeply unjustified.