Subj : Re: extreme programming (thoughts)
To   : comp.programming
From : matt
Date : Thu Jul 21 2005 03:59 pm

jen,

hah. yes, while it isnt part of an engineering or cost effectiveness
arg (directly, anyway), i do find the lack of personal space a serious
drag w/ xp.  it is one step closer towards bringing us to Total
Automaton Harmony (tm). you know, that euphoric place which all upper
management and financials people seek out -- where they can jack us
directly into the network, wire us w/ an Intravenous Nutrient Drip,
feed us a Dynamic Requirements Newsfeed, and away we go, fingers a
flurry........

you are right tho, IT is becomming less of a career and more of a
service, like serving food in a cafeteria. at least for me. i mean look
at the other major outsourced workfource path -- manual labor.  ya know
what everbody said when jobs went to china? "Go to college, get a
degree!" now that we've done that guess whats happening again?

and it will continue this way until as much of the workforce can be
automated or offshored as possible. just the way it is.

argh! back to reading some neal stephenson. grin.


matt

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