There is a series of blog posts by Hillel Wayne, where he interviews former "real" engineers who became software developers, and asked them whether software dev

There is a series of blog posts by Hillel Wayne, where he interviews former "real" engineers who became software developers, and asked them whether software development is engineering. 15 out of 17 subjects said yes, software development is engineering. One interesting takeaway for me from that article is that we over-romanticise what "real" engineers actually do in their day-to-day life. "Real" engineering practices is messy and sloppy in ways that would make software developers uncomfortable, according to the some people who worked on both sides. The articles are well worth a read: https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/crossover-project/are-we-really-engineers/ https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/crossover-project/are-we-re... https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/crossover-project/we-are-not-special/ https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/crossover-project/we-are-no... https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/crossover-project/what-we-can-learn/ https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/crossover-project/what-we-c...