When I read Steve McConnell's After The Goldrush, I had hopes that in my lifetime software engineering might become a profession in the way he described. 27 years later, I realise I was just being naive. Doing this job ethically and in the interests of others, and doing it well, remains a choice. And the industry continues to reward incompetence, negligence and the willingness to do the wrong thing if the money's right. The gold rush is perpetual, and that's by design. https://www.amazon.co.uk/After-Gold-Rush-Profession-Engineering/dp/0735608776