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Are Programmers Engineers?

Posted by timothy on from the let-the-french-academy-decide dept.

The Llama King writes "The Houston Chronicle has an interesting story about a debate in the Texas Legislature over whether programmers are really engineers. A quote: " 'It's one of the silliest issues we're having to deal with this session, but it's also one of the most important,' said Steven Kester, legislative director of the American Electronics Association, an organization of computer companies." Are you really an engineer? Or just a code-monkey?"

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  1. Dubya by 0x7F · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Texas is becoming a laughingstock of the global high-technology community," said Steve Taylor, director of corporate affairs for Applied Materials.


    They said the same thing when our governer ran for President, but that turned out all right.

    Well... sort of...
  2. How To Start A Heated Debate by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny

    1: Ask the question, "Are Programmers Engineers?" on a tech-oriented website.

    2: Well... pretty much any other question, but No. 1 is the humdinger granddaddy of all waltzing in a minefield questions.

    And just to get things started, "Yes."

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    A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
  3. An engineer... by megazoid81 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Pessimist: "The glass is half-empty."

    Optimist: "The glass is half-full."

    Engineer: "The glass is twice as big as it needs to be."

    Programmer: "Who cares? Just drink the free beer!"