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Re:Why Software Engineering Isn’t Engineering by shogun21 on Sunday June 07, 2015 @09:57AM (#9674618)
His argument against calling it "engineering" is because we don't properly estimate our time?

To me, engineering is a way of thinking, it's all about problem solving.

Re:Why Software Engineering Isn’t Engineering by lambdaelite on Sunday June 07, 2015 @10:57AM (#9674865)
> To me, engineering is a way of thinking, it's all about problem solving.

Interesting. I would say it's all about the problem solving process.

Re:Why Software Engineering Isn’t Engineering by iancackett on Sunday June 07, 2015 @10:20AM (#9674699)
That's a good point. I guess that counts as the kind of "rigour" I was taught we're missing in software engineering. The definition could perhaps be extended. We do things differently, but maybe it's still engineering.