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The implication that software engineers aren't "creative" people. Many believe that software engineering is closer to art then it is to engineering.
by Dobbs 15y ago
The implication that software engineers aren't "creative" people.
Many believe that software engineering is closer to art then it is to engineering.
- herval 15y agoI guess prejudice is in the eyes of the beholder... "creative" (at least for me) = "people that draw or play stuff". Therefore, designers, music composers and painters/whoever-draws-cartoons. I don't see how this implies that software people don't "create" stuff (and at the same time, I don't understand the need of some to be seen as "software artists" when writing raytracing software or "engineers" when writing a bloody webapp...)
- ryanbrunner 15y agoI could be wrong, but I think what you're seeing is industry jargon more than a slight on software engineers. In movies and theatre, the "creative team" refers to designers, directors, writers, etc. "Technicians" like camera operators, CGI engineers, props people, etc, aren't on this team. It's not meant to be a comment on their level of creativity, it's just a way of delineating roles.
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