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I'm not sure the field is mature enough yet for us to be splitting things up like that. I've worked in performance critical code, research science code, website
by jefftk 7y ago
I'm not sure the field is mature enough yet for us to be splitting things up like that. I've worked in performance critical code, research science code, website optimization, ads infrastructure, browser testing, experimentation frameworks, dumbphone mobile payments, and other things, in C, C++, Python, JS, Bash, and Java. Most of my coworkers have a similarly wide range of experience.
These have a lot of core skills in common, both hard and soft, but it's such a mishmash of things that trying to impose precision via labels doesn't seem helpful to me.
- deadmutex 7y agoPerhaps this is due to the location where you work.
- jefftk 7y agoI'm in Boston, and more than half of the above were while working for a single company (Google)
- pjc50 7y agoSimilarly in the UK I have done bits of everything from IC design, IC design software, ARM assembly, webserver (Zeus), network engineering, sysadmin, web apps, Windows CE, and even some actual soldering. Small companies are great for this.