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We are sorely lacking a "Make Computer Science a Science" movement, the tech lead's blurb is par for the course, talking about "SWE productivity" with no reference to scientific inquiry and a foundational understanding of safety, correctness, verification, validation of these new LLM technologies.



Did you know that Google is a for-profit business and not a university? Did you know that most places where people work on software are the same?


So are most medical facilities. Somehow, the vibes are massively different.


That's rich? Never heard of the opioid crisis? Or the over-prescription of imaging tests?


Did you know that Software Engineering is a university level degree? That it is a field of scientific study, with professors who dedicate their lives to it? What happens when companies ignore science and worse yet cause harm like pollution or medical malpractice, or in this case, spread Silicon Valley lies and bullshit???

Did you know? How WEIRD.

How about you not harass other commenters with such arrogantly ignorant sarcastic questions?? Or is that part of corporate "for-profit" culture too????


> Did you know that Software Engineering is a university level degree? That it is a field of scientific study, with professors who dedicate their lives to it?

So is marketing? So finance? So is petroleum engineering?




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