Writing code does not make you an engineer
I can measure and cut wood. I can drill holes. I can hammer nails in. I can select the right bricks and all things else that go into building a house. But I cannot...
Category: Software Engineering
Rightsize the application of software tools
I needed to make a 3 mm hole in my wall to hang a large picture. I called a popular handyman who loves using the newest tools in the market. Well! He recommended that...
BOS – Framework as a Service
Software Engineering is an immature discipline. Late delivery, going over budget, Product not meeting specified requirements, inadequate documentation, lack of standardization, unpredictable maintenance needs and other related problems are common to most software projects....
Software Engineering: Expectations mis-match
I once had a “Sr. Principal Engineer” that was moved to my team as part of a large merger and team reshuffle. She had over 25 years of experience. My first line of approach...
Engineering Colleges are becoming Mediocracy Havens
An Engineering degree does not make you an Engineer. It is not about a piece of paper. It is about the effort and the learnings that that should have resulted in the conference of...
Stage relevance
An important aspect of the professional skills needed in your work sphere is ‘Stage Relevance’. ‘Stage’ here refers to the stage of the business that you are a part of. Consider an extremely successful...
Take a ‘bug’ as an insult
Yes, I am addressing programmers again! Imagine a mechanical engineer delivering a bridge and stating that “the bugs found in production can be fixed in the next sprint”. Or how about a civil engineer...
It’s not about the code
It’s not about the code. It’s about the lives that you are impacting with the software system that you are building. For a software programmer to think of code and code alone, is like...
Coders Vs Software Engineers
The global Software industry is a multi-trillion dollar industry, set to employ over 26.5 Million software developers by 2019. As massive as this industry is, the number is true Software Engineers is tragically small....
