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A comment on Mike Acton’s Expectations of Professional Software Engineers. Parent comment

Re:Mike Acton’s Expectations of Professional Software Engineers by ChrisMarshallNY on Monday October 10, 2022 @05:49PM (#33156791)
> figuring out the problem is part of the work

IME, finding the problem is almost all of the work.

Once I can reproduce an issue, and trace it to its genesis, it's as good as solved.

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Re:Mike Acton’s Expectations of Professional Software Engineers by pardon_me on Monday October 10, 2022 @06:15PM (#33157020)
Exactly. The hardest part about software is deciding how to implement the tools we have, and not knowing the answer until we start developing and uncover the true problems we must solve. A list of small tasks to complete is solvable by AI.
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