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Now I'm really wondering if that's true or not. Software engineering can be self-studied very cheaply, lots of free resources, mostly you just need time and mo
by xyzzy123 3y ago
Now I'm really wondering if that's true or not.
Software engineering can be self-studied very cheaply, lots of free resources, mostly you just need time and motivation. Failure is usually cheap.
Farming on the other hand requires more local, implicit and hands-on knowledge, capital requirements are high, feedback cycles are slower and failure is expensive.
- dullcrisp 3y agoYeah one doesn’t sound obviously easier than the other to me
- adastra22 3y agoI really, really doubt any of these examples.
- kyleyeats 3y agoThe guys pressing buttons are REALLY confident going into this one.
- voz_ 3y agoI small scale farm (done everything from windowsill to a half acre and back), crops and veggies only, no animals. It’s much more difficult than software engineering, in every way.
- TrueDuality 3y agoI would argue the same is true of farming as well, you're just comparing differences in final outcomes. You can start learning basic farming techniques with a few pots, some seeds, water and a sunny spot in the same way you can get a raspberry pi and a keyboard sourcing information for both from YouTube fairly effectively. There might be an argument for cost at the highest scale in each field which few in either profession really make it to but I'd bet even then its pretty on par. I've been a huge fan of comparing the complexity or cost of a profession. We as a species specialize because doing these tasks in the most efficient way requires managing large number of details that are not obvious at first glance.