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Beating me to it, again... (Score:1)
YAPC::AU Talk Submission - "Optimizing for Wetware"
Hubris (Score:2)
different people think differently (Score:1)
Like how you're saying programmers think analytically, I agree that it's really important to realize that different people think differently than you, and that these ways of thinking aren't necessarily inferior or superior. For example, Organics vs. Mechanics [randsinrepose.com], or the different Myers-Briggs personality types [wikipedia.org]. (Whether you agree exactly with the categorizations, I think the important point is that there are different kinds of personalities that we should keep in mind.)
Not all programmers are analytical, eith
good, but not great, title (Score:1)
If we make something of the idea of it being a form of 'engineering' and at the same time sneer at engineers, what about, 'Software engineering: social engineering for engineers,' or 'Software engineering: social engineering for those without social skills.'
We can see the historical development of computer languages as something started by engineers but being taken out of their hands by people
GENIUS + SOUL = SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (Score:1)
Translated into academic language suitable for computer science, IQ + EQ = CODE
Cockburn puts people first (Score:1)
URL:
http://alistair.cockburn.us/crystal/articles/cpanfocisd/characterizingpeopleasn