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Re:‘Product engineers’ vs ‘Software engineers’ in startups by yoz-y on Monday August 19, 2019 @09:15AM (#20737427)
So a 'product engineer' is a 'good software engineer'? Unless you are a drone you should always ask the questions of why something needs to be done before implementing it. The engineering part of software development has to be done before you start typing on a keyboard.
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Re:‘Product engineers’ vs ‘Software engineers’ in startups by C1sc0cat on Monday August 19, 2019 @09:21AM (#20737474)
The product engineer is just a software engineer with more experience is the main take away here.
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Re:‘Product engineers’ vs ‘Software engineers’ in startups by anilakar on Monday August 19, 2019 @09:33AM (#20737577)
So... instead of Product Engineer and Software Engineer, the titles should be Software Engineer and Programmer, respectively.
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Re:‘Product engineers’ vs ‘Software engineers’ in startups by C1sc0cat on Monday August 19, 2019 @01:08PM (#20739558)
Possibly but that grade inflation boat has sailed a long time ago.
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Re:‘Product engineers’ vs ‘Software engineers’ in startups by lonelappde on Monday August 19, 2019 @10:18AM (#20737928)
Product engineer is someone who feels superior to their peers and gives themself a new title.

The euphet treadmill took us from programmer to developer to software "engineer" to product "engineer".

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