---
id: "quote-gap-widening"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["00:06:40"]
tags: ["comprehension", "risk", "software-engineering"]
related: ["concept-production-comprehension-gap"]
speakers: ["Nate B. Jones"]
speaker: "Nate B. Jones"
sources: ["s14-job-market-reality"]
sourceVaultSlug: "s14-job-market-reality"
originDay: 14
---
# The gap between software and understanding is widening

> The gap between what software does and what anyone thinks it does just keeps widening because we keep generating more of it.

— [[entity-nate-b-jones]]

## Why this quote matters

The one-line definition of [[concept-production-comprehension-gap]]. Anchors [[claim-production-outruns-comprehension]] and explains the AWS-style failure mode at [[entity-amazon-d14]].