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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 20 points 8 months ago (5 children)

But engineers just let computers do all the maths!

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Those are computer scientists

[–] JDubbleu@programming.dev 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.

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