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It’s Indonesia, engineer doesn’t really mean what we think in the west. It’s more that someone is passionate about something, not that they have a civil enginee
by xae342 8y ago
It’s Indonesia, engineer doesn’t really mean what we think in the west. It’s more that someone is passionate about something, not that they have a civil engineering degree and are building to some code. There are engineers like we’d think in Indonesia of course, but they’re unlikely to work on a western lady’s pet project and are going to be a lot more expensive.
- ForHackernews 8y agoSo more like a software "engineer" ?
- xae342 8y agoSort of, but if the software engineer had never had access to CS material and worked in a company where practices were based in CS so they naturally picked it up. These are villagers that build small homes without machinery and very basic tools, and haven’t learned from experts.