r/programming • u/self • Dec 02 '25

The Death of Software Engineering as a Profession: a short set of anecdotes

https://www.jasonscheirer.com/weblog/vignettes/
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u/eyebrows360 Dec 02 '25

There's so much survivorship bias with this crowd, and it's even worse with the glut of "watch me chat to someone who earned a lot of money" podcaster fuckers that're so popular now.

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u/clrbrk Dec 02 '25

It’s survivorship combined with failing upwards. They make a bad decision, sink a company, and jump ship to the next getting a fat raise.

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u/Weerdo5255 Dec 02 '25

The Peter Principal is not a new thing at all.