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Re:My Engineering Axioms by maccard on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @07:11AM (#25505501)
I had my boiler replaced by a gas engineer a few years ago. I don't think I'd call the work they did engineering, they were plumbers and "handymen". There was nothing in the realm of formal methods, or design. It was a fairly rote job for then (which they did well), but they're still formally called engineers.
Re:My Engineering Axioms by amelius on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @08:20AM (#25505946)
Funny, as most programming is plumbing too (e.g. how do I get this value out of the database and into this UI widget; or how can I connect this library to that program).