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liquidise | 1 month ago

“The primary job of software engineers is to make software suck less.” - a university professor i had, 20 years ago.

Let’s not romanticize the past because it’s easier to ship (probably still buggy) code today.

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physPop|1 month ago

its not though. the primary job of software engineers is to ship a product that produces income for their employer.

dcreater|1 month ago

Does this definition work for SWEs who develop open source projects?