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How are different engineering disciplines interviewed? For instance, take a mechanical engineer, are they going to sit down with a stack of tooth picks and be a
by JustSomeNobody 10y ago
How are different engineering disciplines interviewed? For instance, take a mechanical engineer, are they going to sit down with a stack of tooth picks and be asked to design a bridge with a Pratt truss? Are they asked to show their designs on Github?
I seriously think there's an underlying pissing contest that has permeated the software development culture. If other engineering disciplines can be hired by talking intelligently and answering questions related to their field, why can't software engineers?
- DanBC 10y ago> If other engineering disciplines can be hired by talking intelligently and answering questions related to their field, why can't software engineers? Other engineers have professional registration and thus some form of regulation. In some countries you're not allowed to cal yourself an engineer unless you have some particular qualification and the registration.
- JustSomeNobody 10y agoThen maybe we need to push for that. I'm just tired of the way we do things currently.