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The full quote is "Let me start by saying that unlike Mr. Shaw, I am not a writer. I'm an engineer. Thus, this will be written from that perspective." By impli

The full quote is "Let me start by saying that unlike Mr. Shaw, I am not a writer. I'm an engineer. Thus, this will be written from that perspective." By implication, Zed's book is not written from the POV of an engineer (otherwise why would this be worth noting in any way shape or form? The topic under discussion is already software engineering).

caf 11y ago
That is not the implication that I took from it; as I read it, this is an apology of sorts that the critique is not informed by the perspective of a writer.
- hoodoof 11y ago
  I read it as a snarky smackdown of Zed as "a writer and not a software engineer".