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Are programmers also software engineers?
A software developer is not an engineer. Engineer implies adherence to standards and techniques that are validated through an established process of review, and additionally a professional framework that establishes the skills of the engineer. Software development is not a profession in that sense,Read more
A software developer is not an engineer. Engineer implies adherence to standards and techniques that are validated through an established process of review, and additionally a professional framework that establishes the skills of the engineer. Software development is not a profession in that sense, and few techniques or standards are approved systematically . Does it matter? I don’t think the lack of professionalisation harms software development in general. I’ve come across enough developers who object to people calling themselves ‘html programmer’ that I have sympathy for engineers who object to self declared ‘software engineers’
See lessWhat can I do everyday to maintain my cognitive fitness?
Exercise your curiosity. Give it regular strenuous workouts by assigning yourself things of succeeding complexity to figure out; things that will require that you learn new skills or facts, become aware of things you had never paid much attention to before. Make your brain have to play “catch up” toRead more
Exercise your curiosity. Give it regular strenuous workouts by assigning yourself things of succeeding complexity to figure out; things that will require that you learn new skills or facts, become aware of things you had never paid much attention to before.
See lessMake your brain have to play “catch up” to make it through the multiple kinds of new tasks required to get your answer. Pick hard things to make sure that happens; things that can’t be accomplished in a day.
It’s basically what is involved in graduate school studies: Pose a problem to be solved or a need to be addressed, and then go master all of the various skills and facts it will take to end up with a result, an answer, the satisfaction of what you had proposed to discover, or at least the knowledge gained in many new areas while discovering that your assumptions were mistaken. The world is your mental gymnasium; no need to only sit and read books to build mental fitness. Ask big questions, then go find out for yourself.