I see it slightly differently. As an engineer, most of my time is spent trying to understand the scientific principles behind some observed failure so that some

I see it slightly differently. As an engineer, most of my time is spent trying to understand the scientific principles behind some observed failure so that some tiny tweak can be applied to fix it. There is design, but very analytical and minimalist. As a programmer, I’m mostly interacting with people based on their ideas and desires. There’s also a lot more trade knowledge about software tools and languages, but very little about first principles. The ideas about how to design something seem arbitrarily fashionable rather than optimized based on constraints.