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The Life of a Software Engineer

Jonathan Wise writes to share with us an interesting bit of prose describing life as a software engineer. "I am, in the States, known as a Software Engineer. In Canada we're not allowed to call ourselves engineers, although the discipline is no less rigorous than any other kind of engineering. But perhaps its for the best, because 'engineering' describes only a part of what I do. A software developer must be part writer and poet, part salesperson and public speaker, part artist and designer, and always equal parts logic and empathy."

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  1. Life of a software engineer? by Bob+McCown · · Score: 5, Funny

    Life? We don't have a life!

    1. Re:Life of a software engineer? by dvice_null · · Score: 4, Funny

      > We don't have a life!

      You got the specs, why aren't you programming?
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway's_Game_of_Life

  2. No less rigourous? by Chris_Jefferson · · Score: 5, Funny
    although the discipline is no less rigourous than any other kind of engineering

    Oh? Your wall has fallen down? That just seems to happens sometimes. Well, just push it up, go outside your house and come back in. Hopefully it won't happen again.

    --
    Combination - fun iPhone puzzling
  3. Summary by middlemen · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I want to be an engineer, sex can wait !" -- and this sums up the life of an engineer...

  4. Re:A software engineer is a digital cook by XaXXon · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, the baristas didn't want their title being denigrated in such a demeaning fashion.

  5. A++ tags, would read again by Osurak · · Score: 5, Funny

    programming, douchebaggery, pompouswanker, whining, slashdotted
    How appropriate.
  6. Re:A few clarifications from the author of the pos by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    >> I'd like to point out for the record that I'm married, have one child and another on the way. This suggests that I've had sex at least twice. Actually, it suggests that your wife has had sex at least twice; it doesn't say anything about you.