The only question about any politician, at any time, is: who are they pandering to? Now Trump is not a politician and not a natural panderer. He only panders to the people whom he thinks he absolutely, positively must keep on side, for his own survival, whether or not he likes or agrees with them. Ever previously, that was the Christian Dominionists. Now, very suddenly, it is instead the Ledeenists -- and God help all the "crappy little countries". What changed?
"...takes five years to learn..." -- and the requirement for participation in the cost (which is merely abusive) is an ever greater obstacle. If the CEO of Ford wants to prioritize the recruitment of more mechanics, then he needs to order his designers to implement designs that require less training. (The other remedy -- persuading the accountants to allow the dealerships to capitalize training -- seems to be off the table. Much of the perversity of business decision-making is down to the fact that training is classified as an operating expense.)
The argument (more explicitly than usual) is this: just let business break the law, and everything will be perfect. The price that is paid is the credibility of the civilizational system. That price is everything, and it is not paid back in toys.
Granted that the optimal architectures for OLTP and for OLAP are different, the friction involved in defining the translation between the one and the other is amply sufficient to guarantee that the outputs will be falsified.
1. Deep knowledge of some subject matter.
1a. Ability to extract something implementable from the fog of business requirements.
2. Deep knowledge of some implementation platform and toolchain.
2a. A gift for defining and solving problems, in that order.
Then go hang out where 1. and 2. are, look for some quick win, even a small one, and be prepared to go deep into some other subject and some other platform at any moment. Your first real job will not be the first one you get on your own. It will be the first one you get because you were recommended for it by someone you impressed.
If the author were correct, the remedy would require a full occupation, particularly including the least inhabited areas with the most difficult terrain. That being impracticable, we may not accept the author's postulates. The article is an example of whitewashing Ledeenism.
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