Re:The Development Abstraction Layer
by Raphael_Amiard on Tuesday April 14, 2009 @08:47PM
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I don't really think joel needs an article like that to give young programmers the desire to work in his company. And that article makes some points going way beyond treating programmers as young gods.
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Indeed. For example, he makes a comparison to the military—the military is an abstraction that allows soldiers to see themselves as fighting wars. But you all know, whether from experience or simply the media, how soldiers feel about what they do, and it bears very little resemblance to godliness.