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Or at least, we like to think it is. ;-)
Thing is, Software also (like writing) has sub-disciplines attached to it that are uncreative as hell (I refer here to the local equivalent of fixing other people's grammar and spelling, which is what I'm doing this evening). And those are the parts that are easy to explain to people who don't have a background in the field.
We also have our share of crack-smoking higher-ups who think that it's all strictly mechanical, and that nine women can etc., and that you improve people's productivity by making them scared about deadlines. The similarity ends when you consider salaries, though (he says, thankfully).
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<raises hand>
Or at least, we like to think it is. ;-)
Thing is, Software also (like writing) has sub-disciplines attached to it that are uncreative as hell (I refer here to the local equivalent of fixing other people's grammar and spelling, which is what I'm doing this evening). And those are the parts that are easy to explain to people who don't have a background in the field.
We also have our share of crack-smoking higher-ups who think that it's all strictly mechanical, and that nine women can etc., and that you improve people's productivity by making them scared about deadlines. The similarity ends when you consider salaries, though (he says, thankfully).