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Where in my comment did you see me proposing that "being a fully experienced & knowledgeable software engineer should be a base requirement for all academic res
by silveraxe93 6y ago
Where in my comment did you see me proposing that "being a fully experienced & knowledgeable software engineer should be a base requirement for all academic research (in any field)"
Go back and re-read it please. I'm saying you need to be capable of using the tools for your job.
If I was working as a software engineer, I'd not be asked to perform heart surgery. A more realistic example would be a software engineer being tasked to develop software in the medical industry, where I would expect them to understand the subject matter enough to ascertain their software is not crap.
- lucideer 6y agoSorry but there's a pretty big gap between understanding the domain for which your software is intended, and being qualified to work as a professional in that domain. The latter is what you're asking of academics.
- silveraxe93 6y agoI guess we are in agreement then ;) If academics are writing predictive modelling software, I ask that they are qualified to do so.
- lucideer 6y ago> Where in my comment did you see me proposing that "being a fully experienced & knowledgeable software engineer should be a base requirement for all academic research (in any field)" > I ask that they are qualified to do so. You need to make up your mind on this one. Are you asking this or aren't you?
- silveraxe93 6y agoBeing -- capable of writing quality software -- should be a base requirement for -- Anyone developing software used for academic research -- in any field -- in which the conclusions are based upon the correctness of this software. Not all academic research depends on writing software.