Re:Software Engineers Will Work One Day For English Majors
by arethuza on Monday April 23, 2012 @11:09AM
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You really think that the first computer was invented in 1972?
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Re:Software Engineers Will Work One Day For English Majors
by tikhonj on Monday April 23, 2012 @12:13PM
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Sure, computers were around back then. But I don't think there was much of an industry around them outside of academia. There are quantum computers now, but not many "quantum programmers" :P. (It's not a perfect parallel; I'm just being a little glib.)
Edit: My point was that there won't be very many programmers with 40 years' experience. Turns out the OP meant 40 year old programmers, which is a different story.
Re:Software Engineers Will Work One Day For English Majors
by adrianhoward on Monday April 23, 2012 @01:26PM
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Sure, computers were around back then. But I don't think there was much of an industry around them outside of academia
And the banks. And defence. And aerospace. And factories. And.... well... lots of other places. IBM started selling the 1400 series in 1960 for Pete's sake!
The industry was obviously a lot smaller then - but it was well past the pure academic/military phase by that point.
The first home console game - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnavox_Odyssey was launched in 1972 - although I guess the Magnavox wouldn't really classify as a computer :-)