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7) Don't call people engineers when the appropriate term is "developer" or "programmer"
Personally I think engineer is a better term than "programmer".
7) Don't call people engineers when the appropriate term is "developer" or "programmer"
Personally I think engineer is a better term than "programmer".
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Personally I think engineer is a better term than "programmer".
I disagree. I don't find many similarities between what I do and what a "real engineer" does. I do not consider myself an engineer; I write software. Nowhere in the 18 years I've been doing this for money have I met anybody that could explain what software engineering really is. Without a definition, the term to me is meaningless.
That's what they'll teach you at engineering school. Not everyone who is writing software is engineering.
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Personally I think engineer is a better term than "programmer".
Engineers precisely specify a problem and then build a solution that's correct to within a tolerance. I'm afraid I don't see the resemblance to programming.
"Non-engineers are not 'designers' by default." Amen to that. This would be a great subject for its own post.
7) Don't call people engineers when the appropriate term is "developer" or "programmer"
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Personally I think engineer is a better term than "programmer".
Engineers precisely specify a problem and then build a solution that's correct to within a tolerance. I'm afraid I don't see the resemblance to programming.