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Subject: Re: Is it Art or is it Engineering (Clarifications)
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Date: 10 Feb 88 05:41:09 GMT
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Reply-To: bks@ALFA.berkeley.edu.UUCP (Brad Sherman)
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Keywords: Art Engineering Tolerances
Summary: Are programmers engineers, or what?


Do programmers, in general, work under greater time pressure than real
engineers?

Are there objective metrics by which real engineers have their productivity
judged?

Is it easier to tell an amateur mechanical engineer from a professional
m.e. than it is to tell an amateur C programmer from a professional?

	     - Brad Sherman
(Perhaps more importantly, who makes more money and why?)