Comparing it to engineering vs music is missing the point. The keyword is craftsmanship. I've graduated and have done work as an electrical engineer, and have

Comparing it to engineering vs music is missing the point. The keyword is craftsmanship. I've graduated and have done work as an electrical engineer, and have become a programmer over the years for financial reasons. Whenever I do engineering or design work, I feel they really are very similar to programming. And they probably are similar to music, although I lack comparable proficiency in that field. And the key insight for me was: the more you do any of this stuff, the better you become. The time you spend with thoughts about it, or practicing it, it slowly changes you. It changes the way you think, the way you approach the problems. You become experienced. And it does not seem to end, there are always new revelations, and you can always find fault in yesterdays work, that you could probably do a little better today.