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So there's a super interesting (IMO) thread on birdsite where Scott Hanselman asks younger/newer devs whether or not they enjoy diving deep into low level code or if that's just something we olds do. Overwhelming response?

"Yup. It's for olds".

https://twitter.com/shanselman/status/1567206527332921344

I have so many feels about this. On the one hand, it makes me sad. On the other, maybe it's an understandable evolution of the field since we're just freaking DROWNING in architectural complexity?

On the other, what does it mean if we have an up and coming generation of developers who not only don't know how but don't WANT to know how to pull back the curtain and dive deep?

#programming #development #software #dev #generations
The existence of more high-level ways of programming has enabled the existence of more programmers, and the high-level ways of doing things have a lower barrier to entry
also, I'm not really seeing the same trend in the responses that you are? maybe the low level people just happened to join the thread later for whatever reason
They were busy deep diving into low-level stuff, probably.
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