Poll: Are We Engineers?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30000645

by 1970-01-01 • 5 years ago

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java-man• 5 years ago

No, we are (mostly) software gardeners [0].

Yes, there are a few things out there that were actually engineered, but mostly it's an activity that involves a lot of growing, pruning, and manure.

[0] https://medium.com/@cmaitchison/are-you-a-software-gardener-...

DemocracyFTW• 5 years ago

No we're not engineers because we find it OK when the poll results get displayed before you even vote. Engineers would study a problem including user experience and user expectations, hence only tell results after the poll has finished or at least until after the user has voted (in low-stake polls like this one).

Yes we are engineers because we find it OK when the poll results get displayed before you even vote—shows how little we know and care about the rest of the world.

Poll: Are We Engineers?

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