> I suspect it is a mix of cognitive science, linguistics, and anthropology. Computer Science (more abstract) and Computing Science (less abstract) are branche

> I suspect it is a mix of cognitive science, linguistics, and anthropology. Computer Science (more abstract) and Computing Science (less abstract) are branches of Science that have given a foundation to Software Engineering. The problem is that most of the programming and software development that happens nowadays (and what people pay for) doesn't use it. I compare it as Chemistry and Alchemy. We are still in the "alchemy" stage of software development. Sure, people who see themselves as "experts" are combining existing stuff to create new things. But there is a few set of experts that use the science expertise to implement systems.