Comments on: The Myth that “Features” must be used… http://davedolan.com/blog/2007/03/25/the-myth-that-features-must-be-used/ Website not included. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:31:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Dave http://davedolan.com/blog/2007/03/25/the-myth-that-features-must-be-used/#comment-410 Dave Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:13:19 +0000 http://davedolan.com/blog/2007/03/25/the-myth-that-features-must-be-used/#comment-410 I think that the terminology of who's real and not... is really not very significant, but the idea that you can learn new things is the key there. I think that the terminology of who’s real and not… is really not very significant, but the idea that you can learn new things is the key there.

]]> By: Kevin Slonka http://davedolan.com/blog/2007/03/25/the-myth-that-features-must-be-used/#comment-403 Kevin Slonka Sun, 25 Mar 2007 17:39:46 +0000 http://davedolan.com/blog/2007/03/25/the-myth-that-features-must-be-used/#comment-403 >A programmer is someone who engineers a solution to a problem that adequately makes use of the available resources... You hit the nail on the head. Synthesizing my own opinions with yours and others, I would like to change that slightly. <i>"A software engineer is someone who loves solving problems (over writing code, using code as a means to an end) by adequately making use of the available resources."</i> The point here is that REAL software engineers (as opposed to "programmers"), don't care what language they use, as long as they efficiently solve the problem. >A programmer is someone who engineers a solution to a problem that adequately makes use of the available resources…

You hit the nail on the head. Synthesizing my own opinions with yours and others, I would like to change that slightly.

“A software engineer is someone who loves solving problems (over writing code, using code as a means to an end) by adequately making use of the available resources.”

The point here is that REAL software engineers (as opposed to “programmers”), don’t care what language they use, as long as they efficiently solve the problem.

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