This article is based on a flawed promise: "The goal is to be able to describe the essential skills that programmers need for the coming decade.".
Good luck with that. You might as well attempt to predict the weather for the next decade.
As for the content, it's equally flawed. It's not just one device anymore, and probably not going to be a PC. Well - obviously. And frameworks are apparently a house of cards and things might break down horribly - a bizarre statement if there ever was one as frameworks empower individual programmers and small upstart teams to do amazing things which would simply be impossible without them.
Here's my prediction: Everything is changing, and everything will continue to change. If you're a programmer, you have to change and keep on top of things. It doesn't matter if you're just starting out or if you're like my genius ex-boss and are currently fixing up a software product at the spry age of 80.
>You might as well attempt to predict the weather for the next decade.
I can do that, with just as much accuracy as the author is striving for. It will be hot in the summer, and it will be cold in the winter. There will be storms in between. Some people may experience snow, while others will get rain instead, depending on your location.
Good luck with that. You might as well attempt to predict the weather for the next decade.
As for the content, it's equally flawed. It's not just one device anymore, and probably not going to be a PC. Well - obviously. And frameworks are apparently a house of cards and things might break down horribly - a bizarre statement if there ever was one as frameworks empower individual programmers and small upstart teams to do amazing things which would simply be impossible without them.
Here's my prediction: Everything is changing, and everything will continue to change. If you're a programmer, you have to change and keep on top of things. It doesn't matter if you're just starting out or if you're like my genius ex-boss and are currently fixing up a software product at the spry age of 80.