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Define -- "Software Engineering"

Posted by Cliff on from the what-do-you-think-it-means dept.

2nesser asks: "How do you define the term 'Software Engineering'? Some see it as the implementation of the theoretical world of Computer Science, but isn't there more to it than that? Social responsibility, documentation, a program that works under precise, known conditions? Can you compare Software Engineering to other disciplines? What sets a 'Software Engineer' apart from the rest of the crowd?"

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  1. Yeah that is easy. by pbox · · Score: 1, Troll

    Simple: a very, very, very sloopy engineer. Can you imagine architects planning buildings like we do software?

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  2. Dear Ask Slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Dear Ask Slashdot;
    Please define "gay".

  3. A software engineer.. by Lord+Bitman · · Score: -1, Troll

    Engineers software.
    Damn, I'm good!

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  4. OK, here's my definition. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    A sucker who gets bamboozled into getting in debt and losing 4 years of pay while at the university. Someone who will never get any rest as every two years everything he knew will be obsolete and he will have to go to school after work. Someone who will be replaced by a Chinese ready to jump on a grenade for the boss at 7.50$ an hour. Someone who will never get any professional respect because it's not a profession, and all they do all day long will be undone by someone else sometime later.