I have everything I need. I do not need to learn about nature. Caves are very comfortable.
Raw meat is tasty, chewing it with my 3 remaining teeth is great.
I do not need innovation. I can happily live to my 30s... if I am lucky, and do not get killed by a wild animal or a member of my tribe. By the way, what is a justice system? sounds very complex, I do not care about it. I will fix all my grievances through violence.
Oh, by the way, some guys showed up mounting horses and using metal weapons and enslaved us. Perhaps I should have spent more time trying to innovate.
This is exactly what the mediocre programmers and mediocre organizations sound like. People about to get rekt by people that develop an understanding of their world and their craft and innovate.
As long as there aren't enough great programmers in the world to satisfy all programming needs we will need mediocre programmers to cover for them. Programming isn't a competition and hence it doesn't matter if others are much better, all that matters is that there is a need for what you can provide.
If you train a developer, educate them about good practices, reward responsible behavior and engineering rigor, and amplify their impact giving them good infrastructure and tools, it is hard for that engineer to stay mediocre.
If you show developers thay you do not care about how they do things, they will become mediocre. Unless they are ethical and do it anyways.
I have everything I need. I do not need to learn about nature. Caves are very comfortable.
Raw meat is tasty, chewing it with my 3 remaining teeth is great.
I do not need innovation. I can happily live to my 30s... if I am lucky, and do not get killed by a wild animal or a member of my tribe. By the way, what is a justice system? sounds very complex, I do not care about it. I will fix all my grievances through violence.
Oh, by the way, some guys showed up mounting horses and using metal weapons and enslaved us. Perhaps I should have spent more time trying to innovate.
This is exactly what the mediocre programmers and mediocre organizations sound like. People about to get rekt by people that develop an understanding of their world and their craft and innovate.