Comment Comment by WgaqPdNr7PGLGVW > I like this article particularly because I think the trope that there's something unique and different about software engineering is pretty toxicThe ratio of software engineers working in novel design spaces compared to plumbing style work is best guess ~1:5.The ratio in more mature fields like civil engineering is closer to ~1:500.There are lots of similarities between software engineers and the few folk in civil etc doing actual novel design work.> Nothing that we do is so unique that another competent engineer shouldn't be able to fill in for you when you are having an off day.In novel design spaces people are not fungible. parent WgaqPdNr7PGLGVW 1 year ago
The ratio of software engineers working in novel design spaces compared to plumbing style work is best guess ~1:5.
The ratio in more mature fields like civil engineering is closer to ~1:500.
There are lots of similarities between software engineers and the few folk in civil etc doing actual novel design work.
> Nothing that we do is so unique that another competent engineer shouldn't be able to fill in for you when you are having an off day.
In novel design spaces people are not fungible.