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by wheelinsupial
1267 days ago
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Software engineering is a branch of engineering in many countries. Engineering follows the engineering design process [1] and uses applied science. So, to me, people doing software engineering (regardless of laws / licenses) are following an approximation of the engineering design process. A software developer is anyone getting paid to write or produce software regardless of approach or knowledge of CS topics. On a spectrum, there are software developers that follow the engineering design process and use all sorts of knowledge of applied science, but there are also those who make it all up as they go along and rediscover or rename concepts independently. Each approach comes with its own associated benefits and tradeoffs, and there are times and places where the latter end of the spectrum can be desirable. At least that's my hot take. [1] https://www.mcgill.ca/engineeringdesign/step-step-design-pro... |
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