XiELEd@piefed.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoIf Programmers are wizards then what are Computer Architects?message-squaremessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down14
arrow-up157arrow-down1message-squareIf Programmers are wizards then what are Computer Architects?XiELEd@piefed.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square23linkfedilink
minus-squareExtremeDullard@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-22 months agoComputer architects are like real architects: they’re paid more to design buildings but they don’t know how to lay bricks.
minus-squareXiELEd@piefed.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoHmm… What about Computer Engineers?
minus-squareExtremeDullard@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·2 months agoMost computer engineers are only engineers in the original sense of railway engineer: they throw coal in the fire to run the engine. Real engineers (with an engineering degree) are called “senior software engineer”
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agopersonally, it means i’m allowed to build hardware. not that i could, because nobody wants that so i have no experience in it, but i’m allowed to.
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThey don’t know how to lay bricks either.
Computer architects are like real architects: they’re paid more to design buildings but they don’t know how to lay bricks.
Hmm… What about Computer Engineers?
Most computer engineers are only engineers in the original sense of railway engineer: they throw coal in the fire to run the engine.
Real engineers (with an engineering degree) are called “senior software engineer”
personally, it means i’m allowed to build hardware. not that i could, because nobody wants that so i have no experience in it, but i’m allowed to.
They don’t know how to lay bricks either.