Conversation

I think in an effort to combat elitism and credentialism the world of software engineering may have leaned too far into the "education doesn't matter" department. We see this in a lot of ways.

For one, the sociopathic interview hazing ritual. It is irredeemably bad and even good people who know it's bad feel obligated to do it. For two, the externalization of all data science from product and in house engineering has forced the privacy crisis, because folks actively disdain basic math for devs.