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Furthermore, there is also a lot of non-creative work in science and engineering. Ask any grad student or entry/mid level engineer.
by anonytrary 7y ago
Furthermore, there is also a lot of non-creative work in science and engineering. Ask any grad student or entry/mid level engineer.
- hellofunk 7y agoExactly. I find so many of PG's musings to be pretentious in their short sightedness. As if these are great revelations that underscore a deep observation, when in reality they are often shallow or contrived points.
- anonytrary 7y agoI like most of PG's musings, but I agree that they often pertain to a very thin slice of reality. If we conducted a taste test comparing randomly selected ideas/excerpts from PG and senior engineers who comment on HN, I doubt most people would be able to tell the difference. Most people in science and engineering can think of equally (if not more) clever and thought-provoking sentences, but PG's carry more weight because of who he is. We still live in a world where thought-leading is dominated by who has the most attention.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoAsk any engineer. In software, to invent and make something work, you spend maybe 10% of the time actually inventing/creating things, and for the remaining 90% of the time, you try to "instantiate" your creation, which involves lots of drudgework, code bureaucracy (and sometimes real bureaucracy), dealing with irrelevant crap (e.g. tooling issues) and debugging.