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Hi, I'm the original author. It's late for me, but if you have questions or comment for me, I will get back to you in the morning. The article has to do with

Hi, I'm the original author. It's late for me, but if you have questions or comment for me, I will get back to you in the morning. The article has to do with this idea: "Software engineers deeply understand that you iterate your way to value through hundreds of failed attempts.” I by no means think software engineers are smarter or more virtuous. What I do think is that the high rates of fail from writing code teaches them to discover value iterative -- hence the Agile movement. Learning is pivoting moment by moment, and planning one value attempt or value experiment at a time IMO. It is the nature of value that shaped this behavior IMO, not some superior virtue -- see https://iism.org/post/glossary-value-76 https://iism.org/post/glossary-value-76

fivecour 6y ago
Why software engineers in particular then, if scientists, inventors, artists, and many others are also known for iterating through and learning from their failures? I also agree with others who said limiting analysis to the top 10 seems arbitrary, especially when you're covering mostly just the runaway outliers despite having the general overall claim of "why are software engineers better CEOs?" Does your analysis still hold when you expand your field of vision to the top 100, or top 1,000 companies?
- Number157 6y ago
  The nitpicking on this forum is getting ridiculous.
  - danielmarkbruce 6y ago
    His criticism is quite valid. It's not nits he is picking. It's the overall argument, which is weak.
- ZephyrBlu 6y ago
  I do feel like software is unique compared to most other fields due to the speed of iteration and possible impact. You can hack some crazy stuff together really quickly and it's possible for it to have an outsized impact.
- meiraleal 6y ago
  > Why software engineers in particular then, if scientists, inventors, artists, and many others are also known for iterating through and learning from their failures? Because with software the time-to-market is instantaneous.

fivecour 6y ago

Why software engineers in particular then, if scientists, inventors, artists, and many others are also known for iterating through and learning from their failures? I also agree with others who said limiting analysis to the top 10 seems arbitrary, especially when you're covering mostly just the runaway outliers despite having the general overall claim of "why are software engineers better CEOs?" Does your analysis still hold when you expand your field of vision to the top 100, or top 1,000 companies?

Number157 6y ago
The nitpicking on this forum is getting ridiculous.
- danielmarkbruce 6y ago
  His criticism is quite valid. It's not nits he is picking. It's the overall argument, which is weak.
ZephyrBlu 6y ago
I do feel like software is unique compared to most other fields due to the speed of iteration and possible impact. You can hack some crazy stuff together really quickly and it's possible for it to have an outsized impact.
meiraleal 6y ago
> Why software engineers in particular then, if scientists, inventors, artists, and many others are also known for iterating through and learning from their failures? Because with software the time-to-market is instantaneous.