The Silent Majority of Engineering

A Bit of Perspective

Most engineers aren't using all the new shiny tools. Most are quietly coming to work every day, writing code in tried and true ways, and getting things done.

Shiny Tools

I once heard a quote about software engineers. It went something like this:

Most engineers aren't using all the new shiny tools. Most are quietly coming to work every day, writing code in tried and true ways, and getting things done.

The sentiment has stuck with me. It's something that we don't think about all the time as developers.

There's always something new and interesting to learn and try out. There are never ending amounts of opinions and preferences, ergonomics and design.

It's good to keep up to date. It's good to be a lifelong learner.

But what happens when we need to get something done reliably and predictably?

We don't use all the new shiny tools.

We quietly come to work every day, write code in tried and true ways, and get things done.