thinkagainbro

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   by thinkagainbro 5y ago

   > Any "software engineering" that took place, if any, would occur before the first instruction is even written for a production system. Great comment. Designing a bus protocol or the C++ standard is definitely software engineer
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   by thinkagainbro 5y ago

   Exactly. Public safety is central to Engineering practice. Bridges and buildings come to mind but many life-critical software projects in aerospace, medical devices, automotive, also have emphasis on safety. The development process is way m
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   by thinkagainbro 5y ago

   This is true for tweaking and was certainly true for industrial automation. However the danger is if you cut human input/involvement altogether. That is what AI will be if successful. Everyone except the business owner will be uninvolv
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   by thinkagainbro 5y ago

   It is honestly the same in tech. The idea/product guy is still there and so are the people piecing it together. But the people in the middle: task masters, documentation writers, manual testers, etc are always being automated away. The
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   by thinkagainbro 5y ago

   Majority of Excel jobs I have seen in regulated industries are because people use the tools that they are familiar with for everything. Do you really need a spreadsheet to generate reports? Project Management Tracking? Timesheets? Task List