Scilence 49 Software Engineering & MORALITY

This week, my guest, a Software Engineer, is highly opinionated about her job.  She believes strongly in the power of diverse teams for business, where engineers can learn from the different skills and talents of each other.  Software engineers seem to come from varied backgrounds, which is ideal.  But industry conditions are far from this ideal, at the moment.  

Due to the lack of inclusivity, there is a lot of competition amongst her co-wokers, particularly between the women.  Forceful campaigns which entice girls to code, are creating a mess in the industry, according to my guest.  Schools are pushing the message that 'you're disadvantaged if you can’t code' and as a result it is being taught as an essential skill, along with reading, writing and mathematics.  A consequence:  the software engineering job market has become saturated with low quality.  Too many people now know how to code.  Very few are passionate about coding.  

As the world experiences a huge tech boom, more software engineers are needed.  In some cases the hiring process is happening at brake-neck speed and is compromising on quality.  Products need to be released faster than ever and it means that we are also compromising on security.  The industry is in turmoil, and what is scary is that as we move into a technologically reliant future, we increasingly become more at the mercy of all software engineer.