There are many misunderstandings in Software Engineering. The first main misunderstanding is that Software Engineering is about writing code. I would argue th

There are many misunderstandings in Software Engineering. The first main misunderstanding is that Software Engineering is about writing code. I would argue that is the main misunderstanding. In reality, software engineering is about solving problems, business problems, process problems, machine problems, etc. using code in software as a tool. The 80/20 rule applies here. 80% of time is spent analyzing and developing solutions, 20% of time is spent writing code and developing software. Too many people focus on the code part, when they should be focusing on problem solving part.