Re:Ask HN: Why do such strong opinions exist in our industry?
by AnimalMuppet on Monday August 12, 2019 @11:16AM
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No. I'm blaming the size of the field.
Do you thoroughly know all the web frameworks? Does anyone? No.
Do you thoroughly know all the major languages? Does anyone? No.
Is that because everyone is incompetent? No.
As an analogy, there was a time when a "renaissance man" could know much of the world's (or at least Europe's) knowledge. Then, in the late 1800s, there was a time when one person could pretty thoroughly know most of physics. Those days are over. Physics is too big. Even the best people know one area deeply, and nearby areas fairly well, and are sort of familiar with the rest of the areas.
So it is with programming. It's too big to really know it all. You can't. Nobody can.
Do you thoroughly know all the web frameworks? Does anyone? No.
Do you thoroughly know all the major languages? Does anyone? No.
Is that because everyone is incompetent? No.
As an analogy, there was a time when a "renaissance man" could know much of the world's (or at least Europe's) knowledge. Then, in the late 1800s, there was a time when one person could pretty thoroughly know most of physics. Those days are over. Physics is too big. Even the best people know one area deeply, and nearby areas fairly well, and are sort of familiar with the rest of the areas.
So it is with programming. It's too big to really know it all. You can't. Nobody can.