"Programming is too important to be left to the programmers."
I believe we owe the vitality of the software business to the fact that we never rationed, or maintained gatekeepers for, software development.
Disclosure: I play the cello. The lesson from the music business is that the definition of a skilled musician is no consolation when someone lowers the barrier to entry with technology (electric guitar & bass, scratch turntable, sampling, PC based recording, autotune).
I believe we owe the vitality of the software business to the fact that we never rationed, or maintained gatekeepers for, software development.
Disclosure: I play the cello. The lesson from the music business is that the definition of a skilled musician is no consolation when someone lowers the barrier to entry with technology (electric guitar & bass, scratch turntable, sampling, PC based recording, autotune).