alt Hacker NewsSoftware engineers keep software on the tracks like train engineers keep the train on the tracks. Nobody thinks the train engineer built the train...
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zx8080 • today at 12:04 AM
Isn't it maintenance, not engineering?
jelloroll42 • yesterday at 11:30 PM
Do you think the "engineer" in software engineer is etymologically closer to train engineer than it is to electrical/mechanical/civil engineer?
I don't think so.
We should train engineers regardless.