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As a software engineer I just tell people I'm not the IT guy. I make the things the IT guy uses
Even though I could fix their problem. I just don't want to
As someone in the IT administrating department, i feel like the new wave of software engineers have a frighteningly low understanding of the system they're developing on. It appears as they are making plain code monkeys these days
How is your impression on this?
I worked for several years in IT fields from help desk to sysadmin. I'm now a Sr. Software Engineer.
I somewhat disagree. With containerization like Docker our system is pretty simple. However, there are lot more bootcamp developers that learned to code in 12 weeks which are going to know a lot less than those with a Bachelors or higher in the field.
It all comes down to passion. If they love the subject then they'll dig through the weeds to uncover the dirt. If they're not, then it doesn't matter what education they have, they'll only know what they've been directly taught. The number of engineers I've interviewed who have masters degrees and barely understand the stack they work in is shocking.