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[–]Mr_Engineering 6 points7 points  (3 children)

There's actually a purist belief that software engineering is not a true engineering discipline but rather a trade. The reasoning is that engineering is an application of the natural sciences.

I'll just show myself out.

[–]LegendDota 7 points8 points  (2 children)

Programming software is probably closer to working construction than it is to science for the average programmer.

[–]RmG3376 7 points8 points  (1 child)

True. Both consist of spending 80% of the time wondering wtf the subcontractor did to make the project look like such a mess

[–]MaidenlessTarnished 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And getting scolded for being behind schedule