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I thought it was the Developer and the Software Engineer.
by KingOfCoders 2y ago
I thought it was the Developer and the Software Engineer.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 2y agoThe software engineer is a truly mythical creature. I've never seen one despite working in software!
- ravenstine 2y agoJust as well, I've never seen anyone conduct computer "science."
- avery17 2y agoI've seen plenty of co.puter magic though.
- bee_rider 2y agoComputer rituals!
- eloisant 2y agoTo see people doing computer science you need to go to a university and watch professors doing research. Also you can go to computer science conferences such as ACM conferences.
- gwbas1c 2y agoI once picked up a theoretical math book about category theory. It's a lot of the mathematical basis behind data structures; and where terms like "class" come from. Unfortunately, when I was in undergrad, my school and other schools didn't understand that most incoming students needed "software engineering" instead of "computer science." Although there is a lot of overlap; misunderstanding the intention and purpose of students made it very hard to learn the skills we were there to learn.
- MPSimmons 2y agoI've known several, but I've worked at aerospace companies, and the level of rigor is necessary.
- renewiltord 2y agoI don't think this myth will last after we've seen what software Boeing has built. Rigour in these industries appears to be just "build broken stuff slowly then blame someone else".
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoThe fact that someone does it badly does not mean that it is never done well.
- renewiltord 2y agoPeople used to make this claim about the primes all the time. That the reason they are so expensive is that they're rigorous and all that shit. It turns out that Space Shuttle style code means "blows up for all sorts of reasons". The primes are expensive not because they're rigorous but because they're good at government contracting. They're going to get outcompeted soon. SpaceX and Tesla have shown that there is an opportunity in government contracting. Now, newer organizations are going to be "rigorous" in their own ways.
- AnimalMuppet 2y ago> It turns out that Space Shuttle style code means "blows up for all sorts of reasons". Do you have any evidence for that claim? (And don't point me to the two Shuttle explosions. Neither of those were a software failure.)
- renewiltord 2y agoSure, consulting rate and contact is in profile.
- IncreasePosts 2y agoI thought it was programmer and software engineer?