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Article #3672Re: Software "Engineers"
From: D. C. Sessions
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1991 18:23
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1991 18:23
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In article <1652@inset.UUCP> mikeb@inset.co.uk (Mike Banahan) writes: # Well, I'm not going to get sucked into this debate at length, despite # that fact that I have some very strong views on it (I have been / am # an engineer of both hardware and software for years). Me too. # Let me just quote Henry Ford at you: "An engineer can design for ten cents # what any damn fool can do for a Dollar". # # He may have something there ... I prefer Heinlein's (inexact quote): "An engineer is a person who will spend three hours figuring out how to do a two-hour job in one hour." Seems particularly appropriate to SE. # Mike Banahan, Founder Director, The Instruction Set Ltd. -- | The above opinions may not be original, but they are mine and mine alone. | | "While it may not be for you to complete the task, | | neither are you free to refrain from it." | +-=-=- (I wish this _was_ original!) D. C. Sessions -=-=-+
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From: dc@sci.UUCP (D. C. Sessions)
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Subject: Re: Software "Engineers"
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Date: 26 Apr 91 18:23:36 GMT
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