Archive for February, 2013
On Systems Software
A prospective new college hire recently related an odd comment from his professor: systems programming is dead. I was nonplussed; what could the professor have meant? Systems is clearly very much alive. Interesting and important projects march under the banner of systems. But as I tried to construct a less emotional rebuttal, I realized I [...]
Posted on February 25, 2013 at 4:46 am by ahl · Permalink
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In: Software · Tagged with: systems
In: Software · Tagged with: systems
The Holistic Engineer
The idea of the holistic engineer embodies the point of view that an engineer needs to consider the whole system, the whole body of work that makes a product successful. It bears no relation to holistic health — and it’s not some even newer age quackery. There are many specialist roles in the software industry — [...]