A software engineer is always wrong

Re:A software engineer is always wrong by simmerup on Saturday September 24, 2022 @09:42AM (#32962522)

100%. even dead simple things. Going from a team where you're an idiot if you use more than one return function per method, to a team where you're an idiot if you don't return early to stop execution.

One year you need to use gulp to build, the next babel and an NPM script.

And most entrenched software engineers that rise through their companies because they simply haven't shifted around, are so sure that their way is the best way.

But still, it's better than any other job. And I'm convinced the humility you learn from programming is very valuable, if you can stomach it.

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Re:A software engineer is always wrong by ravenstine on Saturday September 24, 2022 @07:08PM (#32967420)

It's better than other jobs b because there is very little actual authority over what is considered correct. If software was more entrenched in academia then the story might have been very different.

As an aside, your return statement example made me chuckle. That's the exact kind of thing some people get their panties in a bunch over. But then you switch to another team and it's cool. lol I've experienced that kind of thing so many times. It's as if the field is designed so that you're constantly gaslit into thinking you're incompetent.

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Re:A software engineer is always wrong by simmerup on Saturday September 24, 2022 @08:28PM (#32967861)

I find stuff like that is never an issue when you're coding with experienced contractors. But when you're coding with juniors they can get really militant over stuff like that

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