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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: 2) by hemocyanin on Monday March 03 2014, @03:56AM

    by hemocyanin (186) on Monday March 03 2014, @03:56AM (#9895) Journal

    ... there are the pedants.

    To learn math, you must first learn to count. To start with, "math" is singular.

    http://www.learnersdictionary.com/blog.php?action= ViewBlogArticle&ba_id=26 [learnersdictionary.com]

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  • (Score: 1) by janrinok on Monday March 03 2014, @09:36AM

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 03 2014, @09:36AM (#9961) Journal

    That might be the case in the USA, but in the UK it is most certainly called 'maths', a contraction of the word mathematics. I cannot find the work mathematic (sing) in the dictionary. Nor can the US spell checker that I used for editing the article.

    We are not all Americans - this, fortunately, a very international site.

    • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 03 2014, @01:24PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 03 2014, @01:24PM (#10022)

      Except Taco Cowboy used "math" but then used a third-person plural conjugation. Maybe you should work on your reading comprehension before pedanting?

      • (Score: 1) by janrinok on Monday March 03 2014, @02:53PM

        by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 03 2014, @02:53PM (#10056) Journal

        I am replying to hemocyanin who used the term 'math'.

        In British English, unlike US English, there is no such word - regardless of any conjugation used. The only contraction of the word 'mathematics' is maths. It is always written that way in the UK.

        Reading comprehension does not come into it. There is, to us, simply no such word. One cannot 'comprehend' words that do not exist.

        Unlike myself, you would be invaluable as part of the Editorial team. Seriously, please join us.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 03 2014, @03:59PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 03 2014, @03:59PM (#10091)

          Yes they used the term that Taco Cowboy did. This is what I told you.