Re:Please don’t learn to code
by ZanyProgrammer on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @10:49AM
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Hence a lot of people have problems with calling our field 'engineering,' when you compare the training and licensure of programmers with 'real' engineers. I personally like it, though I prefer programmer over engineer regardless.
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This is also probably why there are so many just-plain-awful coders out there who don't belong in the same room as people who do things well.
There are "just-plain-awful" engineers in other fields of engineering also. I started my career doing mechanical and electrical design work before gradually switching to programming (and then getting a degree.) Engineers who don't understand gear ratios, tolerances, circuit design, etc.
Maybe a little more in the programming because that is where the money is at right now.
Re:Please don’t learn to code
by ZanyProgrammer on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @10:54AM
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At the same time, disparities in practitioner quality are going to exist in every field, not just software development.