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by omg_ponies 2119 days ago
> non-CS engineers and scientists can write their own code

> I've never tried to maintain a code base written by non-CS people

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You do not need to actively work on a code base to know who does. The educational backgrounds of developers who work on software in non-CS fields are very easy to find online. There is no contradiction in these quotes. If your point is that non-CS people write bad code (and that at some point I have argued the opposite, which I have not), you still haven't explained why the market won't value the domain-specific knowledge of a non-CS person over a BSCS's programming knack.