"Coding" != Software Engineering Also: > Around 2012 or 2013, my former employer went on a hiring spree for software developers. The criteria to qualify for a

"Coding" != Software Engineering Also: > Around 2012 or 2013, my former employer went on a hiring spree for software developers. The criteria to qualify for a role were owning a computer and convincingly stating you wanted to learn programming. The bar was low. We had the budget and patience to train people in basic front-end coding, and we needed warm bodies, so we hired everyone, some unqualified. This is the original sin.