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Intelligent people make the best CEOs. Software engineers are probably more intelligent, on average, than others. I think it might be better to look at IQ+EQ an

Intelligent people make the best CEOs. Software engineers are probably more intelligent, on average, than others. I think it might be better to look at IQ+EQ and see if there's a correlation there instead (although that data is probably not feasible to obtain).

ZephyrBlu 6y ago
Software Engineers are probably more intelligent than people from other engineering disciplines, or people in general? If other engineering disciplines, it seems a bit pretentious.
- anonytrary 6y ago
  People in general, of course.
- blackrock 6y ago
  Engineering is bounded by the laws of physics. Software Engineering is bounded by the laws of magic. Engineering requires creativity to harness a material to perform useful work, within the material’s tolerances. Software Engineering requires creativity to create worlds that have no existence in reality, other than in the imagination of the software engineer himself. And in today’s world, software engineering is essential to make physical engineering a reality.
  - astrange 6y ago
    I rather think software engineering is bounded by battery life and disk space.
    - elwell 6y ago
      Not to mention, the programmer's imagination is bounded by caloric intake and grey matter.
      - anonytrary 6y ago
        I always find it a bit cute when people try to claim that something does not reduce to pure physics or somehow circumvents it. TRY ME! I bet no one can think of a single thing that I can't say is just ultimately due to physics.
        astrange 6y ago
        I'm told that the world is the totality of facts, not of things.
  - anonytrary 6y ago
    No, software engineering is also bound by the laws of physics. The worlds do have existence in reality, which you will find out as soon as anything you create starts hitting the physical limits of CPU, memory, latency, which are all pretty much governed by c, the cosmic speed limit. > And in today’s world, software engineering is essential to make physical engineering a reality. It is literally quite the exact opposite.
    - blackrock 6y ago
      I believe the phrase: “No shit Sherlock!” aptly applies to you.
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ZephyrBlu 6y ago

Software Engineers are probably more intelligent than people from other engineering disciplines, or people in general? If other engineering disciplines, it seems a bit pretentious.

anonytrary 6y ago
People in general, of course.
blackrock 6y ago
Engineering is bounded by the laws of physics. Software Engineering is bounded by the laws of magic. Engineering requires creativity to harness a material to perform useful work, within the material’s tolerances. Software Engineering requires creativity to create worlds that have no existence in reality, other than in the imagination of the software engineer himself. And in today’s world, software engineering is essential to make physical engineering a reality.
- astrange 6y ago
  I rather think software engineering is bounded by battery life and disk space.
  - elwell 6y ago
    Not to mention, the programmer's imagination is bounded by caloric intake and grey matter.
    - anonytrary 6y ago
      I always find it a bit cute when people try to claim that something does not reduce to pure physics or somehow circumvents it. TRY ME! I bet no one can think of a single thing that I can't say is just ultimately due to physics.
      - astrange 6y ago
        I'm told that the world is the totality of facts, not of things.
- anonytrary 6y ago
  No, software engineering is also bound by the laws of physics. The worlds do have existence in reality, which you will find out as soon as anything you create starts hitting the physical limits of CPU, memory, latency, which are all pretty much governed by c, the cosmic speed limit. > And in today’s world, software engineering is essential to make physical engineering a reality. It is literally quite the exact opposite.
  - blackrock 6y ago
    I believe the phrase: “No shit Sherlock!” aptly applies to you.

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