| Authors: | Jyri-Matti Lähteenmäki |
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| Date: | 2023-04-08 |
| Status: | Published |
Abstract
There are certain hard problems in any industry
There are certain hard problems in any industry. In software industry the following are quite widely considered to be the two (!) hardest problems:
- naming things
- cache invalidation
- off-by-one errors
This is of course a famous joke, but nevertheless, I would agree with it. Anyone who has worked for a sufficient amount of years in software industry can agree that these are at least hard problems.
But, these are valid in a rather low level of the whole process. If you look at things on a higher level, you might end of with a different list.
Currently (I may change my mind in the years to come) I feel that the following represent the hardest problems in software industry, when looking on a higher level:
- all problems are people problems
- learn to live with imperfection
You probably recognized that these are not my inventions. Indeed, I believe that many (if not most) industries may share the same hardest problems.