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There is so much more to software engineering than choice of language. I think it's entirely possible that defense contractors have more knowledge of the softw
by tclmeelmo 11y ago
There is so much more to software engineering than choice of language. I think it's entirely possible that defense contractors have more knowledge of the software development lifecycle than you are giving them credit for.
- mikestew 11y agoI believe parent's point is that one should know that C# is a choice, not that they have to use it. How can one make an informed choice if one doesn't know what the choices are? If all you have is a hammer, and all that.
- tclmeelmo 11y agoWith respect, I think you and the parent are assuming a level of autonomy among defense contractors that does not exist.
- vonmoltke 11y agoAs I said in my post elsewhere, engineers rarely get to make that call.
- Jtsummers 11y agoOne of the best programmers I ever worked with would probably not know of C# beyond that it exists, maybe that MS makes it. But I'd hire him over nearly anyone else for embedded work. He did absolutely no programming or engineering work after hours. He played his guitar, went to music festivals, and ran a club (a couple different times in his life, don't know what he's doing these days or if he's still alive, he'd be past 70 now). C# doesn't enter into the discussion when developing embedded software, and his lack of knowledge of it indicates nothing about his character or ability.