Software engineering may have been one of the few modern engineering roles that combine both engineering (designing) tasks and technical craftsmanship (coding) tasks. Maybe until LLMs gets perfected.

oce 🐆@jlai.lu · 5 months ago

Software engineering may have been one of the few modern engineering roles that combine both engineering (designing) tasks and technical craftsmanship (coding) tasks. Maybe until LLMs gets perfected.

RobotZap10000@feddit.nl · 5 months ago

lol no

oce 🐆@jlai.lu · edit-2 5 months ago

No to which part? If they are other engineering jobs with craftsmanship, I am curious about it.

Outwit1294@lemmy.today · 5 months ago

Coding is not craftsmanship

oce 🐆@jlai.lu · 5 months ago

Why not? Are you not creating the product with your own hands?

Outwit1294@lemmy.today · 5 months ago

Yes, it is work. It is a skill. Craftsmanship is taking it a step too far.

oce 🐆@jlai.lu · 5 months ago

Doesn’t it take some years of study and then some years of practice with seniors to master it, just like a craft, except it is words instead of physical matter?

vatlark@lemmy.world · 5 months ago

Ever since CAD software was invented the role of mechanical/electrical engineer and drafter has largely been merged into one.

oce 🐆@jlai.lu · 5 months ago

I would rather compare my point to the mechanical engineer who designs the mechanical system and the factory worker who actually builds the system with their hands.