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Cowboy Engineers in the Software Industry

posted by janrinok on Sunday March 02 2014, @11:59PM   Printer-friendly
from the was-it-much-harder-in-my-day? dept.

shabadoo writes:

"Will software engineering always be a cowboy's game? Or is it just a case of when you're a passionate expert the pimples stand out more clearly. This guy has clearly had enough. His vents are amusing, but also raise some good points about the state of the industry."

 
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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by rob_bruce on Monday March 03 2014, @01:35AM

    by rob_bruce (2536) on Monday March 03 2014, @01:35AM (#9857)

    Being a programmer can require a lot of math knowledge; however, it all depends on how deep the programmer wants to go. I don't see why one can't just pick up a book and read/learn about something when the need arises. I don't see how anyone expects to learn everything in an undergraduate degree, a graduate degree, or even a Ph.D. Lifelong learning is the key here. For example during my undergraduate days one of my electives in CS was Artificial Intelligence; an introductory course. Most of my learning has been on my own, reading lots of academic articles, lots of cs books, and programming. My area of expertise these days is in computer vision. Yes, math knowledge is very helpul in understanding is helpful. In short, learning is a continuous process, not a simple end goal. One keeps learning, reading, and thinking.

    rob

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