Re:Leetcode has taught me that I'm a bad engineer
by jollybean on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @08:47AM
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"What we do is a craft."
Nobody except you cares about your craft though.
They care if you can accomplish the things they need accomplished.
If your craft is 'building quality decks' - and they want a 'quality deck' - then great.
But if your craft is 'building byzantine window structures with 4 plane glass imported from Italy', well then, it's going to be hard to work on a house if that's all you care about.
Software Development is a skilled trade, it's more like Carpentry than it is academic, it just has some elements that can be very academic.
Nobody except you cares about your craft though.
They care if you can accomplish the things they need accomplished.
If your craft is 'building quality decks' - and they want a 'quality deck' - then great.
But if your craft is 'building byzantine window structures with 4 plane glass imported from Italy', well then, it's going to be hard to work on a house if that's all you care about.
Software Development is a skilled trade, it's more like Carpentry than it is academic, it just has some elements that can be very academic.