I think the largest error in this analogy is that coding is closer to what the engineer does when designing something - not when building something. I guess con

I think the largest error in this analogy is that coding is closer to what the engineer does when designing something - not when building something. I guess construction in software is more like compilation. Can a civil engineer say exactly how long it will take to design a bridge? No. Might putting more engineers on that project speed it up? Perhaps! Coding is not so much constructing a program, but more creating detailed descriptions of every aspect of the system's operation for someone else (an interpreter, compiler etc.) to follow, and that is very similar to engineering design.