One reason that, three and a half years later, Andreessen is reiterating that “it’s time to build” instead of writing posts called “Here’s What I Built During the Building Time I Previously Announced Was Commencing” is that Marc Andreessen has not really built much of anything.
As I’ve mentioned before, software “engineering” all too often produces the digital equivalent of the First Tay Bridge.
But then, I’ve had a reverse snobbery about the term “engineer” for several years and it still chagrins me that my job title includes the word when I’m really a technician.
This is why I think Henry Petroski’s To Engineer Is Human should be required reading for anyone in software