The engineer, in my definition, is the designer. He is given a problem and he
has to produce a solution. The problem is, that many "problems", are
practical, not requiring advanced mathematics or civil responsibility.
The system architect, (IT professional), may have in-depth knowledge of a
business problem, and may design a system and even estimate its cost to
implement. What is the difference between the two definitions?
In my view, none. Its one and the same, a person exercising his passion.
Regards
Leslie
Mr. Leslie Satenstein
Montréal Québec, Canada
From: Patricia Campbell <[email protected]>
To: Montreal Linux Users Group <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: [MLUG] Software engineering and politics (was: North America
Fedora LUG)
They are two different disciplines. Engineering has been trying to
coop Computer Science for ages. Often job titles for developers use
the title Software Engineer but don't require an engineering degree.
I am not sure where this "fight" will go but I am not sure how they
will gain more influence. Right now there are not enough people to
fill the ICT jobs. The universities will not close down their
Computer Science departments.
A software engineering degree tends to focus more on planning and
management than do pure CS degrees.
Anyone else have thoughts on this ?
On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 8:57 AM, Stefan Monnier
<[email protected]> wrote:
>> CGI), and two large technical parks dedicated to software engineering.
>> ETS is a university dedicated to software Engineering.
>
> Just to clarify: the Quebec Order of Engineers (a professional
> association with a lot of money and political clout) wants to take
> control of everything that has to do with IT or CS in Quebec (so as to
> gain yet more influence).
>
> For that reason, they try and convince everyone that all of IT and CS
> falls within the scope of "software engineering".
>
> In most of the rest of the world, software engineering is just one
> sub-field of computer science.
>
>
> Stefan
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