The problem is that it is still relatively rare for someone to have the patience and attention to detail to be able to tell the computer exactly what they want from it. The fraction of people that have that kind of natural ability hasn’t changed that much, and it’s not really something you can train.

So while the schools are pumping out more grads, the average quality of those entry level junior engineers is going down, down, down.

This heartens me that there will still be a place those who can produce quality software. But the current situation is not going to do any favours for average software quality any time soon.