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Easier to teach an engineer how to program than to teach a programmer how to engineer.

• scarface74 7y ago
  By the time I graduated from college, I had been a hobbyist for a decade. I was a good programmer and created a C based data entry system that double the size of the company six months out of college. But, after changing jobs and staying at a company too long, I became an “expert beginner” and in hindsight was a horrible engineer. Learning how to engineer happened on the job working with more experienced architects and managers, changing jobs 5 times, and by reading and studying a lot. There is nothing magical about college that you couldn’t learn on the job.