Author Interview: Robert Glass "If you had to sum up today's state of the art from the perspective of someone who experienced software development in the sixties, seventies, and eighties, what would you say are our best and worst traits.
Bob:Best traits? The depth and quality of available tools. The Agile belief in people over process. The Open Source focus on fun over duty.
Worst traits? The "us vs. them" mentality which causes today's programmers to see themselves as a separate and competing breed from yesterday's programmers. The tendency to reinvent wheels. The belief in Agile processes as being good for all problems. The hyped belief in Open Source as the best of all possible ways of building software."
Developer.* has some of his work, "Software Maintenance is a Solution, Not a Problem", "Success/Failure Criteria: Some Surprises", and "The Many Flavors of Testing".
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