I came from (real) engineering and now I program. (the pay is 2x better) Its a stark difference in what is considered Truth. Opinions of authority, tradition,

I came from (real) engineering and now I program. (the pay is 2x better) Its a stark difference in what is considered Truth. Opinions of authority, tradition, beauty of code, all had an impact on how I code. In Engineering, there wasnt really freedom like that. There was always 1 correct way, it was the cheapest and hit all the metrics. Basically if you do a good job, everyone comes up with the same design. I've adjusted to the gray aspects of programming, but it always irks me when people call this engineering, or think there is something correct when we are dealing with non safety critical C.