Accounting has been around for hundreds of years. The reason it doesn't change? Because it's not a "new" field.
Same for stuff like construction and cooking... stuff that's been around a very long time has become rather stable and of course it isn't going to be "reinvented every five years".
> when it would be better engineering
again... I don't need to understand history to understand Big O and which algorithm to use in the right circumstances or when procedural programming is proffered to functional.
At no point in my career have I ever NEEDED history to decide which library to use, which sorting algorithm is suitable and how to create functional apis or windows services.
History is nice to know... but still 100% not needed at any stage of the process.
I'm not sure where the disconnect is because I like history... I like learning about American history, world history, programming history... but none of that has ever been relevant in any of my jobs when it comes to day to day decisions and projects.
"don't reinvent the wheel" is a separate topic and while I can agree that many things get reinvented - computers are still a very young industry compared to stuff like accounting and architecture.
Same for stuff like construction and cooking... stuff that's been around a very long time has become rather stable and of course it isn't going to be "reinvented every five years".
> when it would be better engineering
again... I don't need to understand history to understand Big O and which algorithm to use in the right circumstances or when procedural programming is proffered to functional.
At no point in my career have I ever NEEDED history to decide which library to use, which sorting algorithm is suitable and how to create functional apis or windows services.
History is nice to know... but still 100% not needed at any stage of the process.
I'm not sure where the disconnect is because I like history... I like learning about American history, world history, programming history... but none of that has ever been relevant in any of my jobs when it comes to day to day decisions and projects.
"don't reinvent the wheel" is a separate topic and while I can agree that many things get reinvented - computers are still a very young industry compared to stuff like accounting and architecture.