I would agree with some of what you said, but of course it does depend more on your current level of knowledge. I believe the core of this list was geared towards the current developer who is in the trenches writing code, or someone who is just starting out. If you view it from the perspective of a veteran then I totally agree with your comment. It’s up to those people to offer the best solution and strategy to solve whatever the goals of a project are. I do think that the more languages you have used (or at least written a few apps in), it will help you to make the right choice as you will better understand the pros and cons of each. It does make for a good little debate.

Mike

I believe we should be moving beyond the “commodity” aspect of development. I don’t think, over the next 5 years, or beyond, anyone with 5+ years of experience should be doing something that can be done by a faceless developer half a world away.

I think real value is going to be providing solution, from a business perspective, rather than code. I think some of that was brought through in this article but that wasn’t the main thrust of it. The article had a focus on “skills”.

I don’t know, just my opinion, and I’d be interested in what you thought about that.

Cheers,

Davo

I believe we should be moving beyond the “commodity” aspect of development. I don’t think, over the next 5 years, or beyond, anyone with 5+ years of experience should be doing something that can be done by a faceless developer half a world away.

I think real value is going to be providing solution, from a business perspective, rather than code. I think some of that was brought through in this article but that wasn’t the main thrust of it. The article had a focus on “skills”.

I don’t know, just my opinion, and I’d be interested in what you thought about that.

Cheers,

Davo