SQL. BASIC. Visual Basic. Rational. XAML. Business Objects. I have lost count of all the new technologies I have lived through that were intended to be so simple the end users could make their own software without needing developers, but ended up being more things for developers to do.
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Are IT developers the stupidest people on earth ?
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Originally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View PostWTF?
Thirdly I can't find an iOS developer, want to help me find one to test your theory?Comment
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Originally posted by Cirrus View PostFancy IBM JCL is...
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Originally posted by thunderlizard View PostSQL. BASIC. Visual Basic. Rational. XAML. Business Objects. I have lost count of all the new technologies I have lived through that were intended to be so simple the end users could make their own software without needing developers, but ended up being more things for developers to do.
As soon as you're working with something Turin complete, you'll be programming. The only difference between now and 30 years ago, is that what was high-level then is a mere component in a library now.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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The Blight of Word Completion
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As soon as you're working with something Turing complete, you'll be programming."Don't part with your illusions; when they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live" Mark TwainComment
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostThe only difference between now and 30 years ago, is that what was high-level then is a mere component in a library now.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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Originally posted by Cirrus View PostFTFYAlways forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by thunderlizard View PostSQL. BASIC. Visual Basic. Rational. XAML. Business Objects. I have lost count of all the new technologies I have lived through that were intended to be so simple the end users could make their own software without needing developers, but ended up being more things for developers to do.
Sure you can do some powerful stuff with them but without a background in data you won't have a clue.Comment
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Originally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View PostSure you can do some powerful stuff with them but without a background in data you won't have a clue.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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I started in IT automating what people had previously been doing manually. The impact was huge. That was the early 70s and what had taken an entire department of maybe 10 -15 people all month suddenly was completed in a day. Even before I was in IT I remember doing overtime putting pricing information into a new system. All the previous jobs were made redundant.
Recently I was running projects to automate insurance bordereaux and call centre correspondence routing. The potential impact was much lower. And it was much, much harder to make progress. It's easy to automate simple tasks but a lot of what people actually do (even in ostensibly simple, repetitive tasks) is frighteningly variable, unpredictable and requires initiative, judgement, creativity, networking, risk assessment etc etc .
So automation is nothing new. It's really just hype. It's the old, old story: will the loss of existing jobs be compensated by the creation of new (less boring?) opportunities.
Who can say - but one fact is that since the 70s, income for the vast majority of people has stagnated. The rich have got vastly richer but the rest of us have been treading water at best. So you might guess that employment will still be available but the trend towards slowly declining wealth and tougher working conditions (except for the top 1%) will continue."Don't part with your illusions; when they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live" Mark TwainComment
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