On 31/10/2010 05:35, BCS wrote:
Hello Bruno,
Which degree did 'Software engineers' take then?
You know, that's one thing that kinda irks me: Why is it called
'Software engineers' when I've never seen engineering taught in a CS
course (not to be confused with real "computer engineering" courses that
are a lot more like EE than CS).
What are you referring to when you say "called 'Software engineers'" ?
The people who write software, or the college degrees/programs? I didn't
quite get it.
The most direct example of this I know
of is in "The Pragmatic Programmer": Item 18 is "estimate to avoid
surprises" and then goes on to describe how to do that. Well, if
programming were taught as an engineering discipline, that would be a
pointless (if not insulting) comment because what it is advocating is so
fundamental to engineering that it goes without saying.
What do you mean "if programming were taught as an engineering discipline" ?
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Bruno Medeiros - Software Engineer
