I used to think this, and then I started interviewing "actual" engineers. Most engineers in the world don't have a license, or a graduate degree. And even those that do confirmed that traditional engineering is often just as much of a shitshow as software engineering.https://twitter.com/stephendpalley/status/1249685093653843974 …
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IMO, almost all software jobs are the equivalent of "technician" jobs (e.g., I'd include my own jobs at Google, MS, and Twitter in that category), but people really don't want to admit that, so they pretend that programming is super hard, you need to know a bunch of theory, etc.
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Which means that companies that are actually hiring "techs" would decline to hire people with a "CS tech" degree instead of a CS degree even if that's what the actual job is.
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in Australia we've got a parallel vocational track of tertiary ed called TAFE which is supposed to fill that role (cert iv/diploma of software development) but in practice it hasn't worked out so great.
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My alma mater,
@UBC, has a CS degree in the faculty of science and a SEng one (officially, Computer engineering with software emphasis) in the faculty of engineering. Here’s Engineering’s view of differences: https://ece.ubc.ca/academic-programs/undergraduate/programs/computer-engineering-program …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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