{"id":21431,"date":"2014-04-02T10:15:17","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T08:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=21431"},"modified":"2014-04-02T10:15:17","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T08:15:17","slug":"why-is-software-engineering-exciting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2014\/04\/02\/why-is-software-engineering-exciting\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is software engineering exciting?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Quora runs the question<\/a>. \u00a0There are some really inspiring and insightful replies. \u00a0Have a look. \u00a0Here are some bits to get you started. \u00a0Robert Love said:<\/p>\n

Software is the most malleable of media. With just bits\u2014which are nothing, really\u2014a software engineer can build castles out of thin air. Entire businesses, industries even, are created with nothing physical at all. Software’s substrate is the\u00a0stuff of pure thought<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Other engineering disciplines are constrained by the surly bonds of the physical world. To design a new plane, the aerospace engineer may spend years designing a model.\u00a0A model<\/i>! A software engineer can go from idea to reality in a day. As an intellectual pursuit, software is enormously rewarding.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Martin Sarsale:<\/p>\n

It’s like playing with Lego but the blocks are product of your mind.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Noam Lerner:<\/p>\n

Creation<\/b>. It’s my way to express my creativity. Some people create music, movies, paintings or pottery. I create software.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Briggitte Jellinek:<\/p>\n

It’s exaclty like\u00a0magic<\/b>:\u00a0\u00a0 with my spells (that are completely incomprehensible to muggles) I can\u00a0make stuff happen<\/b>!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And there’s more, of course.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Quora runs the question. \u00a0There are some really inspiring and insightful replies. \u00a0Have a look. \u00a0Here are some bits to get you started. \u00a0Robert Love said: Software is the most malleable of media. With just bits\u2014which are nothing, really\u2014a software engineer can build castles out of thin air. 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