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This, 10000 fold. Starting with the title. Yes, I'm an engineer. I studied engineering, including algebra, calculus, and physics for CS students, a common core for all engineering students, regardless their specialty. Don't take that away from me. I saw colleagues leave after 1st and 2nd years because they couldn't stand it. It's my peers' and my achievement. I'm an engineer also because I solve people's problems through software, applying technology derived from scientific breakthroughs. Yes, sometimes we need to get creative, as everyone else. Finishing with this We are in a very fast-paced industry, and nothing will stand still for long. That mentality is toxic. I aim for my designs, APIs, routines, scrips, to be as long lived as I can make them. Most of the time I don't achieve it. Sometimes it's my fault, sometimes it's the environment. But I create for the future. For me it would be an enormous achievement to learn some piece of software is still kicking ass 5y/10y/15y after. |