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submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Depends on the engineer. Some make the software which does the math.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Those are computer scientists

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think you'll find that the line between "computer scientist" and "software engineer" is rather blurred.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Although to be fair most simulation code I've come across was written by Physics majors who really shouldn't be writing code. Most of those implementations are a crime against engineering and humanity alike.

They do the job, though, and I suppose crimes against engineering are better than crimes against physics, if one had to choose.

[–] JDubbleu 2 points 8 months ago

Software engineers*. Computer scientists are concerned with the math behind computing and are mostly found in academia. Software engineers generally have a foundational knowledge of computer science they combine with software engineering principles to create robust software. Generally software engineers do have computer science degrees though.

They share a similar relationship as engineers and physicists.