Your degree and abilities are really well-rounded. Do you get to use that well-roundedness often in your work, do you ever wish you could more? What would you change about software engineering, if you could?
I feel like with my current team I absolutely get that chance. If I could change anything about software engineering it would be interactions with users. I think the biggest thing software engineering is missing is empathy. We in the tech community live in a very different world than everyone else, and I think that sometimes gets forgotten.
I totally agree. I actually made a similar point in a different thread awhile back discussing how to improve communication between software engineers and their business-minded colleagues, though it is definitely just as applicable to interactions with users.
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Your degree and abilities are really well-rounded. Do you get to use that well-roundedness often in your work, do you ever wish you could more? What would you change about software engineering, if you could?
I feel like with my current team I absolutely get that chance. If I could change anything about software engineering it would be interactions with users. I think the biggest thing software engineering is missing is empathy. We in the tech community live in a very different world than everyone else, and I think that sometimes gets forgotten.
I totally agree. I actually made a similar point in a different thread awhile back discussing how to improve communication between software engineers and their business-minded colleagues, though it is definitely just as applicable to interactions with users.