What had education done to us?
"I was born intelligent...education made me dumb" - read it in some T-Shirt.
ஒரு சின்ன கதை.
மாடு கட்டி செக்கிழுக்கும் எண்ணெய் கடை க்குச் சென்ற ஒருவர், அங்கிருந்த கடைகாரரிடம், "என்னங்க மாட்டுக்கு பக்கத்திலிருந்து அது ஒழுங்கா செக்கிழுக்குதான்னு கவனிக்காம வெளிய உக்காந்திருக்கீங்க?" அப்படீன்னு கேட்டார். அதுக்கு கடைகாரர், "இல்ல, அதெல்லாம் மாடு ஒழுங்கா தான் வேல செய்யுது" அப்படீன்னார். "அது எப்படி அவ்வளவு உறுதியா சொல்லுறீங்க". "மாட்டு கழுத்துல மணி தொங்குது. அது சுத்தி சுத்தி வரும் போது அந்த மணி சத்தம் கேக்கும். மாடு நின்னுடிச்சீன்னா, மணி சத்தம் கேக்காது. நான் உள்ள போய் மாட்டை கவனித்துக் கொள்வேன்". இந்த பதிலால் திருப்தி அடையாத வந்தவர் "நீங்க சொல்றது சரி. ஆனா மாடு நின்ன எடத்துலேயே நின்னுகிட்டு தலய மட்டும் ஆட்டினா எப்படி கண்டுபிடிப்பீங்க" அப்படீன்னு கேட்டு ஒரு மடக்கு மடக்கினார். ஏற்கனவே இந்த கேள்விகளால் கடுப்பாகி இருந்த கடைகாரர் சொன்னார் "அந்த மாதிரி செய்ய அது ஒண்ணும் படித்த மாடு இல்ல...படிக்காத மாடு தான், அதனால நீங்க ஒண்ணும் கவல பட வேண்டாம்" அப்பிடீன்னு சொல்லிட்டு அந்த இடத்த விட்டு எழுந்து போயிட்டாராம்.
I always have this question in mind. The construction workers who build / construct the skyscrapers or long bridges are not engineers or highly qualified person. But, the end product is a highly reliable one.
When it comes to software products, right from the product concept to the final implementation, the entire software development life cycle was taken care by the top engineers from the reputed institutions. However, the end product is not completely stable.
Where do we attribute this to?
A saying goes like this..."Too many cooks will spoil the broth".
Similarly, is it like "Too many minds with thousands of sparking ideas spoil the entire software product?"
Recently i was talking to one of the web developers. He had customised the browser through his code that the application looked more like a thick client application written in VB / C++ application. Out of curiosity i asked him how and why he did like this? The response was that, there are some issues when the user clicks the back button in the browser window. So, in order to prevent the user from using the back or forward button, he had completely removed the browser controls through his application.
Well, while it appears to be an innovative idea, how many of us will get into the bus if the conductor says that, "when the driver applies brake the passengers are falling front. Therefore to avoid that incovenience, we have removed the brake in this bus"
When we construct a house, or buy a motor vehicle, we query thousand times about its reliability, the guarantee / warranty etc., but, when we build an application, we dont care about anything...after all, no one dies in the end, isnt it?
CEOs of ten top software development companies were boarded into a chartered flight. Each one of them were told a message in person. On hearing that, nine CEOs immediately left the plane. The reporters asked the confident CEO "we told each one of the CEO that the the avionics software of this flight is built by their own company. they immediately deboarded the plane. You are the only CEO who is confident about your product and you build the most reliable software". In response, the CEO replied "The other CEOs were afraid because their software might fail during flight. But, if it is our software, the flight will not even take off".
This is just meant for a joke. But, isnt it worth to spend some thought on this?
yet another software engineer...bright
3 Comments:
Hey bright,
I read this.. and dam GOD it scared me as well.. it was quite true an extent....
Welcome back Anonymous...my blog site missed you when you were not leaving any comment.
Thanks for visiting and the comments :)
...bright
dont worry, i will keep on commenting.. my nature is like that.. so be HAPPY..and tashiony (hindi ka word hai.. don't put much pressure on ur mind to find what it is!)
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