David Ihnen wrote: > I suppose we need more programmers than those programmers who are just > interested in coding? I never met a good programmer who wasn't > intrinsically interested in it. They like to program, then they realise that being a programmer means been strangled by middle management. Then they start to aspire to BE the middle management (if not higher).
The problem in a way is not really about interest, but rather the fact that s/w dev is commoditised to a higher degree, more than other engineering positions. It's a nasty feeling when your job is constantly challenged by half-priced (in some places it's quarter-priced) off-shore devs. Yes we all know the pain in outsourcing. But tell that to managers who spend more time cutting costs than increasing revenue to increase bottom line. >>> Who cares? Hiding source code is valueless. >>> >> You haven't met the China folks have you? :) >> > No. What do they do in China with open code like open source code? Probably the same thing as with the iPhone: open it up: muck ard with a few trivial items, change the product name, sell it at half price. There's a name for this rising trend in China. It's called ShanZai; loosely translating to 'Mountain Fortress'. And they're damn proud of it. > Being able to analyze and apply a direct fix to code that is > malfunctioning is of such high value that making it impossible is a > serious handicap. Agreed. Assuming you have the pro dev in your team. > I keep thinking they're ashamed of their code thats why they want to > hide it. Now you're just getting personal... :)
