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Author invokes comparisons with the medical industry. Look, we really really really don't want to be taking anything from those folks. The hierarchies are rubb
by angersock 12y ago
Author invokes comparisons with the medical industry.
Look, we really really really don't want to be taking anything from those folks. The hierarchies are rubbish, the talent questionable, and the egos immense. At least in software we can show that code does or doesn't work irrespective of who wrote it.
- michaelochurch 12y agoLook, we really really really don't want to be taking anything from those folks. You don't want a doctor's salary? And her level of respect from society at large? I also don't believe that the industry-wide talent level, or quality-of-work level, is lower in medicine than in private-sector software. In fact, I'd be shocked if it were the case. Look, there are some very smart people in our industry (as in theirs) but there are also a lot of idiots.
- angersock 12y agoEven with the salary, the shitty hours, bureaucracy, student loans, and terrible customers kind of make it a wash. The nice thing about software engineering is that we don't have to spend ten years getting educated enough to deal with customers that don't want to take our advice...we can basically start there.
- fsk 12y agoBut on the flip side, as a programmer, your career can be mostly over at age 35-45. Do doctors have the problem that the stuff they worked on 5-10 years ago is considered obsolete now?