99% of "software engineering" is about as much "engineering" as laying out and installing the plumbing for a house or smallish apartment building. To the extent

99% of "software engineering" is about as much "engineering" as laying out and installing the plumbing for a house or smallish apartment building. To the extent that it's more challenging, it's mostly because we're running around trying to hammer nails with screwdrivers and cut copper pipes with butter knives and constantly changing standard pipe & fitting diameters for no good reason.