Profile of a Programmer
Many years from now, programming will probably be a very different profession, if it even exists. Better software development tools for gathering requirements, modeling systems and code generation will start to reduce the opportunities for individuals writing code, instead demand for System Architects and Business Analysts will grow. To me, the long term career choices are obvious: Systems Architect or Project Manager, but for the next ten years, being a programmer will be a very profitable career that will blend nicely into the new design philosophies of the future, you just need a little initiative to stay on top of the technology before it gets on top of you.
Payton Byrd, has written an interesting article, the path of the programmer. Title of the post takes you there.
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6 Comments:
The link seems broken
8:37 AM
Does not matter if it is broken. It's all bullshit. Programmers will always be needed. That is until you can teach computers how to program. I'd say that is 800 years from now.
10:42 AM
sorry for the mistyped url. the link is alright now.
11:37 AM
This is such a load of crap. The second comment is correct. As long as there is morons in this world the rest of us will have to pick up the slack. Programmers will always be needed to fix all the broken code and create new features. No computer is going to do this for you. Also remember to factor in the "1 in 20" rule. Only 1 out of every 20 programmers knows what he is doing. That makes the odds of getting anything done all that much harder.
7:02 PM
I think this is an interesting article that has some merit. Let the wise learn from it!!!
12:13 PM
Thanks for linking to my blog, I really appreciate it. Can you provide a track-back? it would help both of our blogs if you did so.
Thanks!
Payton Byrd
2:59 PM
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