[Rokid]

> The biggest difference I see between software developers and mechanical engineers is a way of thinking.

Can you give an example? Myself being a mechanical engineer who also turned to software development, the people I talk to from SW are used to dealing with large matrices and semi-complex math. Sure they don't know about modal analysis or Navier–Stokes equations, but the lack of a certain way of thinking I cannot recognize.

[totemandtoken]

As the other comment and a few others have iterated, software guys don't have as much of a "measure twice, cut once" mentality. It's not so much about the math or technical knowledge, it's more of a mentality.

Let me put it this way - I've seen many times software engineers laugh when they encounter a funny bug or an output they didn't expect. I don't think I've ever seen an ME laugh when something breaks.

[Rokid]

Ah now I see what you mean, and I fully agree :)

[nick889996544]

(I'm not the parent commenter) in my opinion more along the lines of thinking behind "move fast and break things" vs "measure twice cut once".