[LINK] Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow?

[steve jenkin]

> Danny Yee wrote on 13/1/08 9:46 AM:
>
> Danny, thanks for a good, insightful response. Don't not agree with
> anything you've written.
>   
>> It's hard to argue with their claims that there's something special
>> about Ada, since they provide no evidence for them at all.  They simply
>> assert ....
>>
>>
>> As for the complaints about Java,  ...
>>
>> Danny.
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> But this is exactly my point,  there is *no* proof!
>
> After 50-60 years of commercial computing, "IT" is still nowhere near a
> 'Profession' because it doesn't collect even the simplest of information
> about its paid, professional activities.
>
> Which is better - a diesel or a petrol engine?
>
> It all depends on the scale, the application, the context and the
> application design.
> But if there is no objective data, it all comes down to assertion.
>
> What I do know, but can only prove by anecdote, is that some, not all,
> experienced practitioners have conducted their own experiments over
> years and can accurately predict what works and what won't.
>
> Applying the CMM model to the IT 'Profession' as a whole, it comes out
> as a 'Level 0' - doesn't even know the organisation is involved in the work.
>
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