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- From: travis@eecs.nwu.edu (Travis Marlatte)
- Subject: Re: What is Software Engineering
- Message-ID: <1992Aug14.200712.9709@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Organization: Rauland-Borg Corporation, Skokie IL
- References: <1992Aug11.205559.14680@ide.com> <1992Aug12.014403.9892@m.cs.uiuc.edu> <1992Aug12.150412.5960@awdprime.austin.ibm.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 20:07:12 GMT
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- What's the point of this discussion? Are we really trying to nail down
- the definition of "software engineering" or just get a better feel
- for what it is we are supposed to be doing?
-
- It seems that if someone were able to prove that a software engineer
- is a person who spent 15% of his day on the beach, everyone in this
- discusion with "Software Engineer" on their business card would get
- their bathing suit out.
-
- I think that part of the problem is that the duties assigned to a
- software person tend to cover the entire life-cycle so it is hard to
- create a more specific title.
-
- Let's get back to discussing how we get the job down, not what we call
- it.
-
- Travis,
- Software Engineer, Reuse Specialist, Project Coordinator, Product Planner,
- Scheduler, Resource Manager, Staff Phsycologist, Writer, System Designer,
- Software Designer, Documentation Specialist, Programmer, System Tester,
- User Alpha, Software Maintenance Administrator, Field Consultant,
- Trouble Shooter, Friend
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- --
- Travis
-