Also a civil engineer usually understands exactly what the bridge is supposed to do and how it is going to be used. In a large corporation, the software engine

Also a civil engineer usually understands exactly what the bridge is supposed to do and how it is going to be used. In a large corporation, the software engineer expects to be told that there are going to be cars on this bridge, and they are moving at a certain speed from one side to the other and that they will be of a weight between x and y, etc... Understanding the domain goes a long way to get software done.