Comments on: Why do I think many software engineers are on drugs?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 06:28:57 +0000

My opinion is that the high pay is making people complacent and slowly pushing them towards knowledge degradation without the people being aware of it even.
(the drugged effect).
All software professionals should be expected to take some yearly ceritifications/exams/interviews to make sure that the skills have not been eroded.
Rajesh, we need a post from you along these lines ..
How can we identify commodity tasks and what are the signs to look for to see when task is getting reduced to a commodity.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 04:48:14 +0000

I often see your posts saying software professionals are getting paid ridiculous amount of money, why do you think so? do you think they are not worth it? or …..?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 20:24:24 +0000

How about some examples of what is and isn’t software eng. commodity work?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 15:51:51 +0000

Rajesh,
I think that you have given an apt analogy to the present situation in the market.
Not many companies or individuals focus on training to ensure that their skills donot become obsolete. Today its about getting that bill rate/hr rather than thinking about long term prospects.
Also there is no dearth of graduates who are willing to take up these jobs even though they do not know the abc of software lifecycle – because they can get away with just knowing a part of SAS or SAP. And this is just in the US …