[rramadass]

> ... the real job is not writing the code, or even building the system - it is acquiring the necessary knowledge to build the system... Code is simply a by-product of this activity. The problem arises when we think the code, rather than the knowledge in the code, is the product.

Absolutely true.

It is also true of all other disciplines of Engineering. The difference with Software Engineering seems to be that there are no Physical/Natural laws/constants to inform the Programmer of explicit boundaries/limitations and hence a stopping point.