The Problem with Programming

Hello!

http://www.technologyreview.com/InfoTech/17831/page1/
[quote]
A lot of thinking about software development is focused on the
group, the team, the company. This is often done to the point
where the individual is completely submerged in corporate
"culture" with no outlet for unique talents and skills. Corporate
practices can be directly hostile to individuals with exceptional
skills and initiative in technical matters. I consider such
management of technical people cruel and wasteful.
Kierkegaard was a strong proponent for the individual against
"the crowd" and has some serious discussion of the importance
of aesthetics and ethical behavior. I couldn't point to a specific
language feature and say, "See, there's the influence of the
nineteenth-century philosopher," but he is one of the roots of
my reluctance to eliminate "expert level" features, to abolish
"misuses," and to limit features to support only uses that I know
to be useful. I'm not particularly fond of Kierkegaard's religious
philosophy, though.
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Roman


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