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The engineering part is purely virtual for software developers I guess. While there is some basic physics in most curricula, most computer scientists are a bit
by raxxorrax 5y ago
The engineering part is purely virtual for software developers I guess. While there is some basic physics in most curricula, most computer scientists are a bit "lightweight" on topics usually associated with engineering.
- ameliaquining 5y agoWhich other fields of engineering are "lightweight"? Industrial? Chemical?
- raxxorrax 5y agoNo, I guess it is only applied to computer science. Most people sort it more towards math than engineering.
- ameliaquining 5y ago"Computer science" is sort of a different thing and not necessarily engineering, even though the typical software engineer's formal degree is in "computer science" (and also people don't use the terminology totally consistently). But as for software engineering, I think the article makes a really solid case that electrical, chemical, and industrial engineering don't have anything relevant in common that software engineering doesn't, so putting the latter in a separate "lightweight engineering" category just isn't right.