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"If people come out of school and they know Java and Web programming, and they know how to put things together from libraries, that's just the kind of skills that are not going to be [in] demand,"
Well, if they don't know this stuff, they're NOT going to be in demand these days. A good craftsman makes full use of their tools. Basic software engineering principles argue against the development of a system from whole cloth when components and tools are available that will increase the productivity and quality a hundred fold. This nostalgic yearning for the old days - typically expressed by faculty who are nearing retirement age and haven't bothered to maintain currency - is nothing but a failure to accept that their knowledge is no longer a valuable asset and of little interest to others except academics and the handful of vendors who still work in applications requiring low level access to the machine.
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