Isn't that what I just said?

If we're in 1980 then what happened in 1990?

The last bubble was made by buying hardware on leverage. 10% down bought you 100% use of the hardware and the telcos were left holding the bag sans 90% of their money when you went under. Then when the bank called... poof!

Not likely to happen with cellphones... unless cellphone companies start buying network infrastructure on leverage. Which actually *could* happen but probably won't since the memory of the last bust is so fresh.

But I'm talking about a boom... not a bubble. And anyone who can program right now is poised to be a highly sought after employee 5 to 10 years out because aren't we in a bit of a shortage now already? Isn't it expected to get much worse as those tiny number of graduates with CS & programming skills shrink further? Presuming a few things I'd guess that when business types start seeking the next buck they'll say:

"And let's do it on a cellphone! That'll be new and exciting! That'll get us some VC!"

Schmucks.

No, really guys... mod me down... I'm totally karma-whoring. (and I don't need more karma)

... I mean, just look at these comments! Genius! Many of them (like this one) are far too brilliant to be sullied with naughty karma points!

Too right. How could you possibly answer that the documentation was good enough for *anything* all products are perpetually poorly documented.

You and me both. I have an idea for a book called: "Buzzword Buzzword Buzzword for more Buzzword" want to collaborate?

No, that one's just you.

Oh, everyone has those dreams.

Hey! You've had that dream too? I thought I was the only one.

Darn time-travelers always screwing up my plans for world domination!

I try to qualify with "probably" and "mostly" in the right places. Gravity can cause you to crash or it can create a sling-shot effect. It's just a matter of application. Too frequently people over-apply "fast and easy" and too frequently people discount the power of wisdom and experience in a computer system. "It's old!" they say as if that is some kind of rebuke in itself. Morons. They keep repeating the same mistakes their programming ancestors did. In the least you can learn from the ancient system programmers what not to do.

Programmers should strive to do as little as possible and no less. Rapidly accomplishing things should not be the driving force of development. Instead, creating valuable tools should be the goal. You should seek to make something new and unique. You should never seek to follow a pattern. If you are doing things "fast and easy" you are probably doing things that have already been done before. If you are making a "login system" you should seriously ask yourself if what you are doing is not significantly contributing to the state of the art... why in-the-name-of-excrement are you doing it?

The consequence of seeking "fast and easy" solutions and "fast and easy" programming tools is that you are more likely to quickly and easily ignore the value of your work and be willing to reproduce it over and over... after all it only took 30 minutes. I'll just do that same task over and over and over... it'll be easy... easier than solving the problem once and for all. The forces of laziness do not push us in the right directions if we work with solutions that are too "fast and easy" in the wrong directions. So when it is time we scale up and throw more persons at the problem we throw them at the "do it over and over and over" problem not the "once and for all" problem.

Fast and easy are traps.

Why can't someone attack a profession like Law or Medicine with a tool like this? Seriously? Imagine:

"Our new Suem 4.0 system makes it possible to practice law without passing difficult bar exams!"

Don't hire expensive lawyers to represent you in court when you can use Suem 4.0 to help you defend yourself! Defend yourself against Murder charges! Rape charges! or even Embezzlement! Now anyone can practice law!

"Our new Surge 4.0 system makes surgery possible with 90-per cent less precision!"

Why pay for expensive surgeons when you can operate on your own brain! Perform tumor excisions and Lobotomies in just minutes of training!

"Did you take Data Structures?" if the answer is yes then we're cool.