Coders, BYOD, and Car Mechanics

When you are a car mechanic and you are looking for work, you are expected to have your own tools.  (Take a look at the want ads in the United States of America if you don't believe me.)

Why don't we require that coders have their own hardware/software tools?  That would save a lot of the cost of supporting those technicians.  After all, they are technicians, right?

Scientists / Engineers / Technicians

When scientists mess up, people lose money and humanity slows down.

When engineers mess up, people lose money and people might get hurt.

When technicians mess up, an engineer signed off on something he/she should not have.

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The "cloud" of the future is just as unstable as the junk upon which we built it.  :-/

Where are those computer systems which remain up and available for decades at a time when we need them?

-Todd

(Written on my Macbook Air.)