How important is it for software engineers to have professional experience?
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@julian Ha, good point!
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I used "professional experience" in this question to differentiate from other uses of the word "experience" in software engineering -- especially "user experience" or "developer experience".
Unfortunately, a lot of people in the comments got hung up on the "professional" part -- whether the work was paid. In retrospect, I think "work experience" might have been a better term to use. Live and learn!
Another thing that people honed in on was "software engineering" versus "programming", "software development", or other names for building software. I didn't intend it as a major focus, but I did want to cover all the parts of the job of getting software made -- not just typing code.
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Another thing that people honed in on was "software engineering" versus "programming", "software development", or other names for building software. I didn't intend it as a major focus, but I did want to cover all the parts of the job of getting software made -- not just typing code.
@evan polls are hard. Making words mean what you intend those to mean for everyone matches the complexity of naming things.
Make a poll on how to name these things.
What is programming comprised of ?:
- writing code
- tests
- communication
- design
- planning
...Is a program truly ever complete?
- yes
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@interstar experience making software; I'm trying to distinguish it from "user experience" or "developer experience".
But does working on unpaid solo projects count?
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But does working on unpaid solo projects count?
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@evan It has been 25 years since I read "The Mythical Man Month". Is there anything more current on the subject?
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@evan It has been 25 years since I read "The Mythical Man Month". Is there anything more current on the subject?
@gam3 25 real years, or mythical man years?
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@gam3 25 real years, or mythical man years?
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@gam3 so, two books I'd recommend:
"Dreaming in Code" is a great one. Not very recent but very good. And sad.
"A Philosophy of Software Design" is very readable and interesting.
Finally, it is not a great beach book, but for understanding the practice I think SWEBOK is great.
https://www.computer.org/education/bodies-of-knowledge/software-engineering
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@gam3 so, two books I'd recommend:
"Dreaming in Code" is a great one. Not very recent but very good. And sad.
"A Philosophy of Software Design" is very readable and interesting.
Finally, it is not a great beach book, but for understanding the practice I think SWEBOK is great.
https://www.computer.org/education/bodies-of-knowledge/software-engineering
@evan Dank-je-wel.
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@dajb @matttutt @fosstodon sent a dm :)
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@dick_turpin @andyc @steevc what is it, a desk calculator?
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Clicking this gave me a 404 and then the post disappeared altogether
There's something weird going on on the Shisa/Tengu ransomware leak site right now
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@max sono gli stessi promotori che nelle esternazioni lo hanno affermato a chiare lettere, tanto Nordio quanto la Bartolozzi. Vorrei rammentarti che anche la lista oggetto di estrazione, pur se la compilazione e la scelta è teoricamente attribuita al Parlamento, sarà esclusiva del governo/maggioranza. Poi si può giustamente valutare gli effetti in base alla forma oppure in base all'uso strumentale. Scelta personale. Gli ultimi paragrafi del post da te condiviso mi sembra fughino ogni dubbio.
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@Yaku sono entrambi fortemente a favore del fatto di essere eletti sindaci in comuni che votano a destra?
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@carlux @QuasiMagia @sonicdebris Eh, sì, ma non è la rivoluzione di cui parla chi propone l'hype. :D
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@matz @Comandante_Virgola ovviamente no
per la CIE ho l'autenticazione con sms (solo livello 2) e prima o poi proverò ad usare il lettore smartcard per il livello 3, per la banca quella tramite telefonata per la quale ho dovuto richiedere attivazione contattando l'assistenza
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@evan LOL. They don't yet have anyone that they love so intensely that they are very interested to see them in concert, but when they do, I'll go to the end of the world for that.
I did take the older one to see the LEGENDARY Russian band Aquarium in Boston. I'm much more of their fan than he is, but I did use some of their quieter songs as lullabies when he was much younger, and he identified them. They are playing in Toronto and some other North American cities soon.
