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Re:Ask HN: What does mastery look like in software engineering? by nitrogen on Thursday January 07, 2021 @03:49AM (#25668797)
Software engineering requires understanding enough of the reason behind requirements to know when the requirements could be simplified or should be augmented. I would even argue that understanding business needs and translating them into practice is the fundamental role of software engineering.
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Re:Ask HN: What does mastery look like in software engineering? by gugagore on Thursday January 07, 2021 @11:26AM (#25673041)
This requirement might never have reached a software engineer in many organizations, and perhaps that's what I mean. So part of the mastery is ensuring you are around to provide solutions when business needs are being deliberated. That's fair.
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