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Lone Star Ruby Conference 2010 Real Software Engineering by Glenn Vanderburg
Glenn Vanderburg argues at Lone Star Ruby Conference 2010 that university-style software engineering does not work, and asks what real software engineering would look like. He revisits the waterfall model and what engineering means in other fields.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it for changing minds about whether programmers can be called engineers, and for its take on how waterfall was misread.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Confreaks
- Topic
- software engineering
- Format
- talk
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 7
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2013–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I always thought calling programmers engineers was very weird until I watched this great talk: Real Software Engineering , Glenn Vanderburg, Lone Star Ruby 2010 [VIDEO] which explains what various kinds of engineers actually do. Not at all dry and boring like it might sound! …
yesenadam on Hacker News · 2020-05
In The most prized degree in India became the most worthlessReal Software Engineering, by Glenn Vandenburg. Not a perfect talk (especially the conclusions IMO), but a very good exploration of how some of the common beliefs in the field of software "engineering" came to be, and how something resembling actual engineering practice might be beneficial …
KaeseEs on Hacker News · 2013-04
In Ask HN: What's the best technical talk you've heard?I first came into contact with this article via [VIDEO] , which is a pretty decent analysis on how people misinterpreted the original concept.
gcandal on Hacker News · 2016-01
In Managing the Development of Large Software Systems (1970) [pdf]
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