> #1 complaint I hear from software _users_ is “damn, this thing is slow”. I strangely hear that quite often too on morning traffic ;). When will theses real p

> #1 complaint I hear from software _users_ is “damn, this thing is slow”. I strangely hear that quite often too on morning traffic ;). When will theses real professional engineers will learn?!?!?! > make the most efficient use of resources Can you define this? Everything can be done more efficiently. A real professional engineers won't do premature optimization. You won't see bridges using some amazing new carbon material, it's not only too costly for the budget, it's also not needed (the bridge does everything it has to do per the requirement). A real professional engineers will do the most he can with the resource he has, which is pretty much what we do in software engineering.