> I'm really tired of these "software isn't engineering because..." arguments.

> I'm really tired of these "software isn't engineering because..." arguments. I think the first thing we need to do in order to have our profession move on to the next stage of maturity is to stop relying on arbitrary definitions and lines in the sand regarding what engineering is. The inferiority complex with regards to "engineering"[1] seems to run deep in many programmers' mind. [1] Which is a very, very broad term to begin with in this day and age, anyway.

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> I'm really tired of these "software isn't engineering because..." arguments.

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