Stut schreef:
On 27 Feb 2008, at 20:59, Daniel Brown wrote:
So let this be at least a basic retort to those who don't consider
web development "real programming." Because you'd be surprised how
much I hear, "oh, you work with web stuff, I thought you meant you
were a real programmer."
Well, I'm not. I'm an engineer. At least according to my
paycheck. ;-P
I hear that a lot and by the numbers it's fairly accurate.
In my experience there is a big difference between a web developer and a
software engineer. If someone is hiring a web developer then I'm not
interested. If they want a properly engineered website then I might be
interested.
I guess it's a matter of semantics. to me 'developer' means 'engineer' in terms
of a being able to perform high-level problem analysis, designing a solution
and implementing it ... within budget, whilst keeping an eye on the actual
[commercial] goals of the client (as opposed to the goals a client might speak of ...
what a client says they need, and what they actually need aren't often the same)
what others might consider a 'developer' I'd call a 'programmer' - someone
whoe takes my analysis and proposed solution and makes a botch job of implementing it ...
with the added bonus of not actually ever thinking about their creation outside
the confines of their little fish bowl.
I've interviewed more than my fair share of "web developers" who
couldn't reverse an array without using array_reverse if their life
depended on it. Sometimes it really does scare me!
are there any other restrictions other than not to use array_reverse()? ;-)
So my experience is that there are far more web developers out there
than software engineers who do web development, and it's getting harder
to find decent software engineers to do web-based work at a reasonable
price. The good ones are rare - so rare in fact that I'm having trouble
finding one at the moment. If anyone considers themselves a software
engineer rather than a web developer and would like a job in Windsor
drop me a note.
-Stut
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