Why We Are Stuck With So Many Incompetent Programmers
<p>I entered the software industry about 2 decades ago. I was an engineering graduate, but I didn’t have a computer degree.</p>
<p>It was OK, not only because I knew the basics of software making (I was an Electronics engineer), but also because my country was witnessing an unprecedented boom in software outsourcing from the developed Western world.</p>
<p>Knowing to code wasn’t a requirement then. SAT-like analytical skills (multiple choice questions) + basic English (interview) were enough to get one into the IT servicing industry.</p>
<p>I did well on the test. I also managed to pass the interview despite English neither being my native language nor my major language of instruction.</p>
<p>I became part of the then-big-ticket software industry. The annual salary was $4500 (yes, it’s annual, calculated on the exchange rate of the year 2000). But it was more than a graduate could expect, especially in a country ridden by abundant unemployment.</p>
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