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Following this logic, anyone who manages engineers is a developer.
by gspetr 10y ago
Following this logic, anyone who manages engineers is a developer.
- Alex3917 10y agoI added a parenthetical to clarify. But to play devil's advocate, it's hard to argue that PMs and managers aren't 'developing' software, at least in the plain English sense of the word. (Although clearly you need to draw the line somewhere.)
- VLM 10y agoInterestingly that terminology fits in the building trades and we can only dream of making large scale software projects as predictable and reliable and human safe as large skyscrapers. That is a truly excellent analogy.
- eru 10y agoCost overruns are sadly all too common in construction---especially for anything that goes on below ground. That's where all the surprises are. Skyscrapers and bridges are less likely to fall down than software is to crash. But that's just different failure modes. Projects are still not very predictable.