We’re definitely in a moment. I’ve seen a large shift away from discipline in the field. People don’t seem to care about professionalism or “good work”.
I mean back in the mid teens we had the whole “move fast and break things” motif. I think that quickly morphed into “be agile” because no one actually felt good about breaking things.
We don’t really have any software engineering leaders these days. It would be nice if one stood up and said “stop being awful. Let’s be professionals and earn our money.” Like, let’s create our own oath.
I mean back in the mid teens we had the whole “move fast and break things” motif. I think that quickly morphed into “be agile” because no one actually felt good about breaking things.
We don’t really have any software engineering leaders these days. It would be nice if one stood up and said “stop being awful. Let’s be professionals and earn our money.” Like, let’s create our own oath.