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Not to knock this comment, which makes a valid point, but I couldn’t help but smile at the implicit comparison of software engineers to astronauts when the arti
by adamsea 8y ago
Not to knock this comment, which makes a valid point, but I couldn’t help but smile at the implicit comparison of software engineers to astronauts when the article is preaching the value of developers thinking of themselves as the “humble plumber”.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoYou can never have people who actually build stuff think too highly of themselves, lest they start thinking about whether what they're building is actually useful or helpful at all...
- falcolas 8y agoOr that what they're building has value - otherwise they'd want a piece of that value in addition to having high self esteem.
- dgreensp 8y agoThe complexity, reliability, and user-friendliness (or technician-friendliness) of the kinds of software components you need to plug together to make a software solution are more like that of a space shuttle or fighter jet than, say, a car, let alone a plumbing fixture. The glamour (and risk to life and limb) of doing so is that of plumbing.