One of the biggest problems that software developers face is that technology changes rapidly. It is very hard to stay current.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There is a constant need for new systems and new software.
Over the next 10 years, I expect many more industries to be disrupted by software, with new world-beating Silicon Valley companies doing the disruption in more cases than not.
I want to see us remain convinced that software matters in the future.
In short, software is eating the world.
Software as an asset isn't stable over time; it needs to be maintained.
I'm a victim of Developaralysis: the crippling sense that the software industry is evolving so fast that no one person can possibly keep up.
I have never come across a technology that doesn't change. This is inevitable. You have to adapt your systems as technology develops.
My own theory is that we are in the middle of a dramatic and broad technological and economic shift in which software companies are poised to take over large swathes of the economy.
One of the problems with computers, particularly for the older people, is they were befuddled by them, and the computers have gotten better. They have gotten easier to use. They have gotten less expensive. The software interfaces have made things a lot more accessible.
The problem is that there are very few technologies that essentially haven't changed for 60, 70 years.