Re:Hiring Software Developers
by codex on Sunday November 17, 2013 @03:41PM
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I think the source of the perennial confusion over this issue is that some software development is actually engineering, but most is greese monkeying. The software mechanics resent the engineering questions but the engineers can't understand how you could not ask them. In truth the work of both camps is fundamentally different.
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> The software mechanics resent the engineering questions but the engineers can't understand how you could not ask them.
The "software mechanics" resent an engineering question being used as a hurdle for a job they know does not involve "engineering". While the employers are looking for a "software engineer" at a "software mechanic" price.