To call any software monkey an engineer is laughable. Engineers are generally responsible for a system catastrophically failing. In IT it's seen as a natural consequence of progression. It'll take another 3-5 generations before we have the proper body of knowledge to even have an engineering culture.
Even then though I'm not sure it'll ever really improve. Even beyond the human element I feel like the incremental building approach cannot and will not lend itself to ordered systems. Unless we go back to the ecosystem of objects that Kay talked about back in the 80s we'll always create frankenmonsters, and even if we do: we just create another kind of frankenmonster.
Even then though I'm not sure it'll ever really improve. Even beyond the human element I feel like the incremental building approach cannot and will not lend itself to ordered systems. Unless we go back to the ecosystem of objects that Kay talked about back in the 80s we'll always create frankenmonsters, and even if we do: we just create another kind of frankenmonster.