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Discussion on: Software Engineering is a Loser’s Game

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Tony Pujals

To extend the metaphor for software engineering, it's only a loser's game while you're an amateur. At some point, you are in fact playing a winner's game, creating great software based on your creativity along with acquired skills and wisdom gained through experience and discipline.

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Tyler Hawkins

Absolutely! I've been thinking that I should follow this up with a second article about making software engineering a winner's game. Once you move past the amateur mistakes, there's definitely a point where you can begin to build groundbreaking new software and where you can innovate and disrupt. That's where the real fun begins.