Re:A Cautionary Tale of Learning to Code
by bstpierre on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @04:25PM
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> If we wanted to engage in the same level of software engineering for all software, we could. But we don't want to.
Of course. Like building structures, there are different kinds of software. I can build a garden shed by myself as long as I have the skills to get the thing to stand up. If it blows down in a storm I'm the only person with a loss. But just because I can get a garden shed (or even a larger structure like a barn or a house) to survive windstorms without incident doesn't make me a structural engineer.
Of course. Like building structures, there are different kinds of software. I can build a garden shed by myself as long as I have the skills to get the thing to stand up. If it blows down in a storm I'm the only person with a loss. But just because I can get a garden shed (or even a larger structure like a barn or a house) to survive windstorms without incident doesn't make me a structural engineer.