I find it interesting how the IT world has changed over the last 15 years. 15 years ago if you read a chapter in a C programming book on how
to create a linked list or knew to add the word 'virtual' next to a C++ classes destructor - it was an attribute that someone would employ you
for. Now days with the growth of IDEs that check you syntax, static code checkers, IDE autocomplete, Wikipedia, answers websites like
stackoverflow.com and search engines like google - programming has changed in some regards to cutting and pasting an error message/search
terms and finding the solution.
So it seems to me its more about having the correct keywords to search for and knowing where to look. I find this worrying because programming used to be a highly skilled craft like studing to be a carpenter or a goldsmith, in the dot com boom it was the
skill that everyone wanted, but how will the job change in the future.
