Warp wrote:

>   I somewhat disagree with this view. Sure, there are *some* people who
> are envious of "noobs" getting the job "done" with their fancy high-level
> languages without really understanding what's going on under the hood.
> However, I don't think that's the most usual reason for the negative
> feelings.
> 
>   I believe that the most usual reason for the negative attitude is
> that the "noobs" are getting the job "done" faster, but at the cost
> of software quality. The software made by a newbie usually lacks
> robustness and efficiency. However, because bosses usually cannot
> see past the GUI, they are fooled into thinking that the newbie is
> actually a better programmer than the experienced one because he got
> something visible done faster. Then they hire the newbie and kick out
> the experienced programmer.
> 
>   And the result can be seen, for example, at thedailywtf.com.

I think sometimes people *are* just jelous of a higher level language 
making programming "too easy". Those people should get over it.

On the other hand, there certainly *are* some really awful programmers 
who outwardly appear to "get the job done faster" by writing really 
terrible code. Measuring programmer performance by how quickly they 
"deliver" a "solution" is almost as stupid as measuring it my LoC.

In short, I think both points of view are valid. As to which one 
predominates... well, I personally am in *no* position to make an 
authoritative statement about that! ;-) But judging by some of the guys 
I graduated with... hmm, I think incompetent is probably more prevalent. :-S

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