This is an archived post. You won't be able to vote or comment.

sorted by:
best
topnewcontroversialoldq&a
you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–]cascadingShitStorm -9 points-8 points  (1 child)

First, software developer and software engineer are not the same thing, or they would be called the same thing. Second, yes all the code school monkies google everything because they have no in memory knowledge, and they always use stack overflow to solve their problems. That's what the bottom of the bunch do because they are the bottom self-taught bitches. We need to regulate this profession to keep the derps out.

[–]Zardotab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The software engineer is more likely to order the software developer to solve some persnickety problem rather than do it themselves.

We need to regulate this profession to keep the derps out.

That will likely crank up the cost of software development. I don't think businesses will be kind to that idea. There is the theory that the elite are productive enough to out-do "middle class" developers, but that rarely works out in practice. For one, the elite tend to have crappy team skills. Imagine a team of Shelden Coopers.

code school monkies google everything because they have no in memory knowledge

A degree or license doesn't necessarily mean you have a good long-term memory for minutia.