Comment by saalweachter

6 years ago

Some things in CS programs are engineering, other things are philosophy.

Advanced CS work has more to do with psychology and sociology than science and engineering in my experience.

  • I agree, but I'd say "software engineering" rather than "CS". It's hard to produce software at scale without herding lots of cats.

  • Care to elaborate?

    • The problems (or at least the solutions) stop being technical and start being cultural and political pretty quickly.

    • STEM and humanities sit hand in hand nowadays. STEM to turn needs into realities, humanities to effectively manage relationships/expectations across every level of stakeholders.