[Discuss] Programming vs Engineering

[tmetro-blu at vl.com (Tom Metro)]

Mark Woodward wrote:
> http://www.mohawksoft.org/?q=node/86
> Does anyone have any comment?

I was expecting something more controversial when I saw the size of the
thread, but I agree completely with your thesis.

The interesting bit to me is:

> It takes a competent software engineer to do it in a way that promotes 
> improvement and "anticipates" the future. All too often management only 
> looks at the output of programmers and not the important engineering 
> work.

with the follow-up question, "How do we make quality software
engineering practices visible to management, so they can be appreciated?"

 -Tom

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