While an interesting read, it struck me as an odd, we've taken the wrong fork, nostalgia piece.
If you look at the very early days of computing, you tended to find three types of degree/backgrounds: Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, and Philosophy. The double E is obvious: building the kit. The other two, the potentially Left Brained or Right Brained approach to programming. All three of them have one thing in common: A structured, _logical_ approach to solving problems.
If there is anything to lament, it is that we still have the tug of war between left and right brain approaches. The reality is that one size, indeed, does not fit all. We should accept that and move on to getting the work appropriately done.
If you look at the very early days of computing, you tended to find three types of degree/backgrounds: Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, and Philosophy. The double E is obvious: building the kit. The other two, the potentially Left Brained or Right Brained approach to programming. All three of them have one thing in common: A structured, _logical_ approach to solving problems.
If there is anything to lament, it is that we still have the tug of war between left and right brain approaches. The reality is that one size, indeed, does not fit all. We should accept that and move on to getting the work appropriately done.