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sylware on Jan 10, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: A mistake that killed Japan’s software industry?

I am sorry, but there is a hard truth to this, which is not specific to Japan: 99% of software development is high-school level, no more.

The remaining 1%, it is usually scientists or mathematicians coding.

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