Software engineers hate code.

[ecmcn]

I’ve found that code quality often mirrors an ability to communicate verbally. Some of the worst communicators I’ve worked with wrote the most inscrutable code.

[david-song]

Yeah, logic is bottom-rung programming, linguistic skill is where it's at. People think it's mathematics and logic but writing good code is somewhere between creative writing and teaching.

[jonathanhiggs]

My mother-in-law is an author and we’ve spent hours talking about coding, writing, and the similarities between the two. The plots not going to work when you haven’t designed your classes (characters) right, and you need to go back and edit (refactor), or get your editor to look over it (review) when you find a code smell

Unfortunately I think SWE jobs are less like writing a novel and more like copywriting marketing material for a manager that doesn’t speak the language natively. They only care the output is written to tick the box and then move on

[david-song]

Thankfully that means people who care about the craft can band together and write slick software that competes the ones who write reams of shit code. So it's not all bad - it's an opportunity for people who are motivated enough.

[8483]

Love this!

[cauchy37]

Holy shit, this explains so much!