The Duality of Software Engineering

A reflection on the different segments of the software industry, how each of them view the role of the developer, and what role education plays nowadays in the forming of future software engineers. "That is precisely where we encounter a weird duality in software engineering: On one side, we’ve got consulting firms that employ the highest amounts of developers playing them down and relegating them to the status of grunts; on the other, we have software companies that seek out great developers and are willing to pay and treat them right."