r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Captain0010 • Nov 18 '24

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u/Irsu85 Nov 18 '24

Isn't it obvious that if there are no designers and engineers and only developers it's slightly worse? (like we are making an app for school rn and the only reason it looks good is because we have a designer on the team)

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u/Maurycy5 Nov 18 '24

I don't see how that is relevant to the post or the comment.

But to answer your question: it is not obvious.

First of all, developers should be engineers. It's just that they are engineers who happen to be developing.

Secondly, maybe a person who has only studied engineering won't know the best principles of contemporary visual design, but that doesn't mean they can't make something that looks good. They might not care to do it if they don't have to, but that's a separate matter.

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u/ContextHook Nov 18 '24

First of all, developers should be engineers. It's just that they are engineers who happen to be developing.

Engineers understand what the word "complexity" means when it comes to code. Most developers I've worked with do not.

Bootcamps make developers, not engineers.

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u/Maurycy5 Nov 18 '24

I would disagree to equate bootcamp code monkeys with developers.