There's a provocative editorial on the "Academication" of software development at DevX:
This is a companion discussion topic for the original blog entry at: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2004/12/blue-collar-software-development.html
This is a companion discussion topic for the original blog entry at: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2004/12/blue-collar-software-development.html