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The looming demise of the 10x developer (blog.testdouble.com)
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[–] canpolat@programming.dev 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

When I saw the title, I thought "just another blog on 10x developer". I don't really know why I decided to read on, but I'm happy I did. Searls touches on many more while investigating the topic. The writer approaches the topic from a inter-generational point of view and also goes in to things like "passion" and "craftsmanship". I would even say, this is not about the 10x developer at all. This is about how as a young engineering discipline we are still trying to find better ways of doing things.

It’s an open secret that the industry has no idea how to teach people to program. Computer Science degrees famously don’t prepare programmers for the job of programming, which has always been left as an exercise to the student to figure out on their own time. If the industry is going to outlive us enthusiast programmers, will it adopt a sustainable approach to educating the next generation that doesn’t require people to teach themselves everything?

[–] einsteinx2@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

I'm glad I saw this comment because I was also about to skip it, but found the article to be a worthwhile read as well. Thanks for sharing it.

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