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From: rlk@rational.com (Bob Kitzberger)
Subject: Re: Programmers -> Engineers; Engineers -> Programmers
Date: 1996/08/09
Date: 1996-08-09T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4ufort$5v1@rational.rational.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1996Aug8.115630.4568@relay.nswc.navy.mil


James Krell (jkrell@nswc.navy.mil) wrote:
: Let's say an organization is developing software for a radar system...
: Is it better to take engineers/scientists who understand the system
: and teach them how to program?  Or is it better to take programmers
: and teach them about the radar system?

Hopefully it isn't an either-or proposition.  You should do both,
to some degree.  For a large system, you also need system architects,
and software architects, not just programmers.  IMHO.


--
Bob Kitzberger	      Rational Software Corporation       rlk@rational.com
http://www.rational.com http://www.rational.com/pst/products/testmate.html




  parent reply	other threads:[~1996-08-09  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1996-08-08  0:00 Programmers -> Engineers; Engineers -> Programmers James Krell
1996-08-08  0:00 ` James A. Krzyzanowski
1996-08-08  0:00 ` Kevin J. Weise
1996-08-10  0:00   ` Andy Askey
1996-08-10  0:00     ` David Weller
1996-08-12  0:00   ` Jack W Scheible
1996-08-12  0:00     ` Kevin J. Weise
1996-08-12  0:00     ` John Gluth
1996-08-14  0:00     ` Robin P. Reagan
1996-08-15  0:00       ` Mike Roske
1996-08-15  0:00     ` James A. Krzyzanowski
1996-08-15  0:00       ` Jack W Scheible
1996-08-15  0:00     ` Alan Brain
1996-08-15  0:00       ` Dale Stanbrough
1996-08-16  0:00       ` steved
1996-08-08  0:00 ` Mike Ryer
1996-08-09  0:00   ` whiting_ms@corning.com (Matt Whiting)
1996-08-08  0:00 ` Ron Thompson
1996-08-09  0:00 ` Bob Kitzberger [this message]
1996-08-09  0:00 ` steved
1996-08-10  0:00 ` Andy Askey
1996-08-13  0:00   ` Frank Manning
1996-08-15  0:00   ` Brendan WALKER
1996-08-11  0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-08-16  0:00 ` Stephen J Bevan
1996-08-16  0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1996-08-14  0:00 Marin David Condic, 407.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1996-08-19  0:00 ` Richard Riehle
1996-08-20  0:00   ` Thomas Kendelbacher
1996-08-27  0:00   ` jtapa
1996-08-28  0:00     ` Alan Brain
1996-08-14  0:00 Marin David Condic, 407.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1996-08-19  0:00 Marin David Condic, 407.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1996-08-21  0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
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