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> We don't even start by teaching car mechanics about that fuel injection cycles, we start with "take the wheels off and put them back on again". I imagine tha
by MaxBarraclough 4y ago
> We don't even start by teaching car mechanics about that fuel injection cycles, we start with "take the wheels off and put them back on again".
I imagine that changes depending on whether you're training to be a car mechanic, or studying to be a mechanical engineer.
Similarly some people have learned to program by starting out with assembly, although this approach isn't common today.
- Dudeman112 4y agoI get a feeling this is one of the reasons why the world of programming is such a shitshow. There isn't a proper distinction between the mechanical engineer vs car mechanic equivalent. Everyone and their mom is a "software engineer", regardless of just tinkering / doing the car mechanic equivalent or being one of the maybe sub-1% of people out there that does anything similar to engineering (aka validating their designs with scientific knowledge and industry/legislation requirements). The discipline is in its infancy, so there's a hotpot of needs that are being mixed all together.