The days of the typical coders understanding the hardware (other than very specific niches) are long gone.
Virtualization is great, as someone who used to have to deal with base iron and all the problems that it could introduce, modern frameworks and tooling etc are all great as well.... but I’ll be honest, I got more reward a few years back porting a telnet program to my Commodore 128, than I’ve gotten building anything commercially in a long time.
This article makes happy as I don’t work anymore.
I get to enjoy all these workplace concepts on Sundays watching football. Think salary caps, the salaries of the left tackle, CB, edge rusher. It’s how they go from irreplaceable to replaceable once they get the big money. It’s awesome! And to think these are gladiators I’m watching and this is Rome.
For those who gave up on the NFL because of the Kapernicks out there you’re now missing something. Kapernick can’t even get on a Jets practice squad. He’s outside lookin’ in.