On Lay Offs

These are the people who have served you all these years. Is that your definition of ethics if you treat your labour force that way. Government and ethical business have stepped in to help them.

– Ratan Tata

Source: “Is That Your Definition Of Ethics,” Ratan Tata Questions Companies That Lay Off Long-Serving Employees – HW News English

On society and social justice

Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each others welfare, social justice can never be attained.

– Helen Keller

Source: Quote by Helen Keller: “Until the great mass of the people shall be fil…”

On programmers, robots and clients

To replace programmers with Robots, clients will have to accurately describe what they want.

We’re safe.

On creators and their interviewers

Last year I got rejected during a job interview for “not understanding” the concepts of a certain iOS library. What the interviewer didn’t know: I wrote that thing. I actually had a lot of fun during that interview

On Agile and craftsmanship of programming

much of the craftsmanship of programming has been lost since Agile became a thing. Coders are now just a cog in a User Story production line, particularly when working in large corporate IT departments. I think that, more then anything, has drained my enthusiasm for the industry.

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