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The industry of which we speak is not in the sciences. Maybe engineering. The earliest recognition of software engineering seems to only go back to the 1980s, b
by randomdata 4y ago
The industry of which we speak is not in the sciences. Maybe engineering. The earliest recognition of software engineering seems to only go back to the 1980s, but there is a lot of debate as to whether it is even that. It's probably closer to gardening. Unfortunately, the industry is too new to have yet fully recognized what it is.
- quonn 4y agoIf software engineering is gardening for you, I think we can stop the discussion right here.
- randomdata 4y agoSoftware engineering is software engineering, but the process of creating software may often be more gardening than engineering. I mean, what is it about haphazardly trying out an approach you read about on a random blog written by someone who has a different problem to solve than you says engineering? In my world engineering implies rigour, adherence to the data, etc. There can be engineering in software. There can be science in software. But I'm not sure that means software work is categorically either engineering or science. I expect you will find that there is a lot of fad chasing and leaps of faith in hopes of stumbling upon something that will yield. To the specific topic of conversation, where do you find the science or engineering, and not just people throwing shit in their plot and seeing what grows?