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The Extinction of the Programming Species
Max Goff writes "Given the recent chatter surrounding the extinction of the U.S. programmer, /. readers might also be interested in a series of articles I recently penned for java.net -- the Blacksmith and the Bookkeeper (part 1, part 2 and part 3) -- in which I posit that the postmodern programmer (the entire sub-species, not just those domiciled in the U.S.) shares much with the
blacksmith of old, and will become just as extinct in relatively short order. It is not due to work visas or outsourcing, but has much more to do with the evolution of work itself."
Acts like that are only sustainable for so long.
Seemed to do alright for the first 80 years. Then Disney decided it was too expensive, so they crammed it all in a toilet, and people got tired of it.
Some other animation studio will pick up the out-of-work artists and make a hit.
That's not the point. Why should these people have been shit on? They did everything right, including making nine-figure movies.
Also sticking with huge companies isn't always a rational thing todo anyways.
I'm sure that's very comforting to those animators who lost their homes, savings, retirements and careers. It was destructive, unnecessary and wrong to fire those people. The basic idea is the same throughout the workplace. It doesn't matter what employees "bring to the table." There is no such thing as a career.
Business has made the entire concept obsolete.
Business isn't willing to pay for products, innovation and careers, so we get brands, mortgage commercials and layoffs.
LOL.. People will always complain about software since most people are stupid. The elite just give them jobs so the mob can control the smart people and enslave them with their vote. Mob Rule Sucks.