4 PROS ON HOW TO BUILD A CAREER IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
“Any idiot can build a bridge, but it takes an engineer to build a bridge that barely stands.” That good engineers make things that work, but don't see a need to over-engineer them — relates specifically to structural engineering, but it’s also a great fit for software engineering . Like its built-environment cousin, software engineering requires stripping away all unnecessary clutter to create the smoothest-running, most intuitive digital solution possible. That encompasses a ton: the webpage you’re reading right now, the web browser you launched to do so, the operating system that allowed it, the content management system that hosts it. Each one of those software applications — and the entirety of the broader digital environment, really — has undergone design, testing, maintenance, installation, configuration, programming (more on that later). In a word, engineering. Given its scope and high technical bar, software engineering remains highly lucrat