Exactly this has made my working life absolute hell, and I agree wholeheartedly, but this sort of shit has long since reached criticality, and I don't hold out much hope for turning it around at this point.
I don't agree. I think the problem is that people tend to think they need to do things a certain way instead of believing in themselves, understanding that programming is about evolving ideas and code in tandem with reality, and just understanding the problems they are solving. Most programmers just attempt to map problem to solution directly without first understanding the problem. Which is okay for trivial problems, but a bad idea for anything that is more complex.
