It undermines a long tradition of designing and building infrastructure in the public interest.

Old, but fun read that argues that today’s programmers are not like typical Engineers and shouldn’t really call themselves that as Engineering requires certification, is subject to government regulation, bear a burden to the public, etc.

  • Dave.English
    53·
    3 days ago

    In my opinion, software engineering has about another 50 years before it matures to the point where it is a “proper” engineering profession.