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    Dan Luu‏ @danluu 16 Aug 2019
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    The median chip I worked on had more novel design than the P99-novel software project. We were able to set and hit schedules. Ditto for my optics work. Software isn't really unique (no, not even in the grandiosity of its practitioners).pic.twitter.com/GLLaoGSzY7

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      2. Dan Luu‏ @danluu 16 Aug 2019
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        Dan Luu Retweeted Hillel

        The replies to https://twitter.com/hillelogram/status/1157810472692961281 … are interesting (not the top-level replies). Hillel says he'll interview engineers to see how software is different from "engineering" and people with (for example) no CivE knowledge drop in to explain how software is different from CivE.

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        Hillel @hillelogram
        Now that I scheduled a bunch of interviews and am making it a Real Thing, I wanna hype y'all on my new project: What makes software engineering different from 'traditional' kinds of engineering? Short request: pause and think about that for a few seconds before reading on.
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      3. Dan Luu‏ @danluu 16 Aug 2019
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        Where do people get the confidence to say that their work is so uniquely novel that it's "something that has never been done before in the history of the universe", that the field is obviously totally different from another field they know nothing about, etc. ?

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      2. TheCodeArtist ‏ @cvs26 17 Aug 2019
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        Replying to @danluu @codeyarns

        > We were able to set and hit schedules It would be an extremely valuable "checklist", if you could look back and share, what (you now know) were the key steps to coming-up with estimates that turned out to be accurate. (not challenging. genuinely asking. thanks in advance)

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      3. Dan Luu‏ @danluu 3 Sep 2019
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        Replying to @cvs26 @codeyarns

        I don't have a checklist, unfortunately. I thought a bit about how to make one but I don't really have any suggestions at the moment. Sorry!

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      2. Erin  ✨ 💽‏ @erincandescent 16 Aug 2019
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        Honestly I think the biggest differences are * Hardware does lots more up-front planning / spiking * Software is likely to be allowed to slip. Hardware is likely to make the decision to cut the neat feature which is eating disproportionate time

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      3. Erin  ✨ 💽‏ @erincandescent 16 Aug 2019
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        As much as its a problem its a culture problem, not a difficulty problem. If people cared there'd more project managers, more time tracking and more (shock horror!) gantt charts.

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      1. luquipuqui‏ @luqui 16 Aug 2019
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        How can I be expected to estimate how long it will take to build this building when nobody in the history of the universe has ever built this particular building before! It's madness!

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      1. Dave Monk‏ @evilmonk 16 Aug 2019
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        the whole problem with software is trying to simplify things that are complex and not wanting to spend time thinking about things.

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      2. Perry E. Metzger‏ @perrymetzger 16 Aug 2019
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        Programs are equivalent to theorems. So, yes, software is unique. There is no way to prove, a priori, how long a program required to meet a given specification will be. Turing equivalence makes a significant difference.

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      3. Hillel‏ @hillelogram 18 Aug 2019
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        I'd take halting problem over PDEs any day

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