My first reaction to Brian's post is that it's time for this old dog to
hang up the leash and retire. However, there are still many sites out
there still using dumb terminals, and have never been given the
opportunity to see what a really good CUI can be. So, I guess I'll keep
the old shingle out a while longer. I've never gotten into web
development and all the other glitzy tools out there. I'm just using 33
years of solid MV experience to support users who need to get the job done.
I agree with Tony that we old dogs with the old Fords need to
collaborate with the new guys with the fancy, shiny Ferraris. ;^)
Regards,
Charlie Noah
Charles W. Noah Associates
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The views and opinions expressed herein are my own (Charlie Noah) and do
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former, current or future employers, employees, clients, friends,
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On 06-19-2011 5:20 PM, Tony Gravagno wrote:
I feel compelled to add a big RightOn! to Brian's observations.
The world has gone from treating programmers like gurus to
treating them like a low-cost and expendable commodity. A
company gets a "web developer" who may know something about HTML
and scripting (or they may just know drag-n-drop tools) and the
awesome power of glitz makes management feel empowered to dump
the business rules people and keep the people who make everything
pretty. Over some years we've seen decreasing quality in
software which is very pretty but lacks substance. Many UI
developers have had time to hone their back-end coding skills to
address the issues, while people who already have these skills
are still wondering what happened to their world.
If you don't have time to learn the skills on the other side of
the fence, you must learn how to collaborate with people on the
other side to achieve your common goals. An increasing amount of
my time these days is spent in this area, helping core developers
to understand how to communicate with GUI people and how to
prepare their code for a UI which they know nothing about. They
must recognize that while they might feel like they need to learn
everything about the other side, that there usually isn't time.
Projects seem to start moving forward when these people finally
give up on trying to know everything there is.
T
From: Brian Leach
It's been clear for some time that the next generation
of developers are all going to be web designers first
and core developers second.
We're not alone in the difficulties of trying to
recruit new developers to the real work at the
back-end: old SQLites have been moaning for some time
about the lack of talented new blood entering their
industry that can actually understand the difference
between running a SQL wizard and producing a workable,
scalable and robust solution.
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