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They're ways to solve two different problems. The goal of application development is to make a user happy (for some value of happy), and the goal of software en

by branden 17y ago

They're ways to solve two different problems. The goal of application development is to make a user happy (for some value of happy), and the goal of software engineering is make a good system (for some value of good).

jamongkad 17y ago
Hmm never thought of it that way. So being an application developer has a more direct tangible effect on the end user as compared to being a software engineer. By that definition then most startups are built by application developers. I guess I know where I'll be specializing in from now on.