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Re:What Silicon Valley gets about engineers that traditional... by jedberg on Sunday January 10, 2021 @06:08PM (#25721318)
A company that makes cast iron skillets can still have software as a core part of their business. Logistics, monitoring the manufacturing process, forecasting demand. All of these things can be software that is core to business. Or even more important, having a useful website for selling their products.
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Re:What Silicon Valley gets about engineers that traditional... by bigiain on Sunday January 10, 2021 @06:20PM (#25721478)
Sure, but Le Creuset will never describe themselves as "a software business"...

(And if they did, I'd immediately be looking for a different cookware supplier.)

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Re:What Silicon Valley gets about engineers that traditional... by jedberg on Sunday January 10, 2021 @06:23PM (#25721515)
Ah yeah I don't think asking if they are a "software business" is actually a good question.

But I'd still be wary of working for them if their software engineers were in IT.

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Re:What Silicon Valley gets about engineers that traditional... by bigiain on Sunday January 10, 2021 @06:57PM (#25721912)
On the other hand, would you _ever_ have even _considered_ working for Juicero? <smirk>
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Re:What Silicon Valley gets about engineers that traditional... by jedberg on Sunday January 10, 2021 @07:20PM (#25722180)
Haha I would not, but that has nothing to do with where their software engineers were classified in their org. ;)
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Re:What Silicon Valley gets about engineers that traditional... by pjmlp on Monday January 11, 2021 @01:42AM (#25725510)
This kind of companies don't have software engineers per se, they outsource everything and just keep management around, even IT.
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