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> Let’s not all point a finger at the “business” boogeyman who doesn’t understand coding is creative without acknowledging that many programmers today are righ
by aleph_minus_one 2y ago
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Let’s not all point a finger at the “business” boogeyman who doesn’t understand coding is creative without acknowledging that many programmers today are right there with them.
> The current state of interviews tells me that a lot of programmers prefer to think of it as software “engineering” rather than as a craft or trade.
Engineering (things) is a highly creative activity.
(EDIT: See also the comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42893523 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42893523 where
drewcoo gives arguments for a similar statement).