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People with the “real engineer” chip on their shoulder want to die on this hill.
by Spooky23 2y ago
People with the “real engineer” chip on their shoulder want to die on this hill.
- davidgay 2y agoSome of us are both "real engineer"s (certified, legally protected, in Computer Science, etc, etc) and "staff engineer"s ;) But I'm definitely not looking to die on any hill.
- lolinder 2y agoI always point these people to Hillel Wayne's Crossover Project [0]. His interviews with "real engineers" who switched over to software engineering (and vice versa) are very enlightening. Also, watching Practical Engineering has had a huge impact on both my perception of "real engineering" and on my own work. He goes over a whole bunch of civil engineering topics and it's obvious that they're doing the same kind of work, just in a different domain, and with in most cases about as much due diligence as I have in my job. It's not a different universe, just a different neighborhood. [0] https://www.hillelwayne.com/tags/crossover-project/ https://www.hillelwayne.com/tags/crossover-project/
- rpmisms 2y agoI will always prefer the "developer" title, because I build things, I don't necessarily design them. I think there's a distinction and we should use it.