being able to pull something off by cowboy hacking is the kind of feeling of power you get from being able to walk a tightrope being able to do anything worth calling software engineering is the kind of feeling of power you get from being able to build a bridge
-
-
Replying to @chaosprime
this is a good tweet and is a distinction I didn't properly understand until several years into my working career. I was calling myself a software engineer long before I deserved to.
1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes -
Replying to @danlistensto
me too, but i was pressured into it by a boss who hoped that calling me that would encourage me to be one instead of a coder so i don't feel bad
1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
Replying to @chaosprime @danlistensto
of course he also didn't ever want me to budget any time to write tests so i don't know what the hell he thought a software engineer was, at the end of the day
7:30 PM - 26 Dec 2017
0 replies
0 retweets
2 likes
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.