Computer Science vs. Software Engineering

Posted by timothy on Saturday November 17, 2012 @08:39AM from the distinction-vs-difference dept.

theodp writes "Microsoft's promotion of Julie Larson-Green to lead all Windows software and hardware engineering in the wake of Steven Sinofsky's resignation is reopening the question of what is the difference between Computer Science and Software Engineering. According to their bios on Microsoft's website, Sinofsky has a master's degree in computer science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and an undergraduate degree with honors from Cornell University, while Larson-Green has a master's degree in software engineering from Seattle University and a bachelor's degree in business administration from Western Washington University. A comparison of the curricula at Sinofsky's and Larson-Green's alma maters shows there's a huge difference between UMass's MSCS program and Seattle U's MSE program. So, is one program inherently more compatible with Microsoft's new teamwork mantra?"

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Re:Time for "ReVeRsE-PsyChoLoGy", lol... apk by crutchy · 2012-11-17 13:13 · Score: 1, Offtopic

hahahaha you still haven't fixed that bug on line 5... can you at least indent it so you don't look like a total douchebag rather than pasting the same bug-ridden formatting in every one of these posts