Leetcode has taught me that I'm a bad engineer

Re:Leetcode has taught me that I'm a bad engineer by dpweb on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @11:43AM (#29811276)

I'd call plumbing a craft, same with auto mechanic. I admire someone who put in the years to not only fix the thing, but knows ridiculous details of certain kinds of bolts or whatever. That's having a hobbyists perspective, and the enjoyment of something just because you're fascinated by it.

Obviously, some would consider it a waste of time. 90% of their colleagues would say, "I don't get paid to know unnecessary stuff about the bolts. I get paid to screw this to that according to this diagram." Which is what commercial software work is. Different thing from being a hobbyist.

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Re:Leetcode has taught me that I'm a bad engineer by deltaonefour on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @01:26PM (#29812913)

>I'd call plumbing a craft, same with auto mechanic.

The point is that the plumber himself wouldn't call himself a craftsman. He doesn't label himself as some sort of artist and prance around like an arrogant prick thinking he's better than those janitorial engineers who are complete hacks.

>Different thing from being a hobbyist.

Yeha nobody does plumbing as a hobby. I'll give you that. I think you're more referring to "Computer science" here which is a bit different.

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