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Glenn Vanderburg of LivingSocial on why software development is an engineering discipline

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Glenn Vanderburg of LivingSocial on why software development is an engineering discipline

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Debates whether software is real engineering, mainly relevant to technical leaders thinking about rigor.

Glenn Vanderburg argues at the O'Reilly Software Architecture Conference that software development is an engineering discipline, even if immature. He contends the discredited body of knowledge called software engineering has led people to wrongly reject the label.

Topics: Engineering & technical leadership

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