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It's a well known principle that, given a brief problem description, the less a software engineer knows about the problem domain, the easier they will judge the
by camccann 16y ago
It's a well known principle that, given a brief problem description, the less a software engineer knows about the problem domain, the easier they will judge the solution to be.
- mkramlich 16y agofunny! :) however, being a software engineer doesn't preclude one from being right or having useful insight within any other realm of human activity.
- nostrademons 16y agoIt's a general rule about most people. Almost all problems look simple from 5000 feet up; it's only when you try and work out the details and get it actually working that the difficulty becomes obvious.
- mkramlich 16y agoYep but it's another general rule that many problems look insurmountable when there has been insufficient analysis, brainstorming, experimentation, testing, and time/energy/money spent on trying to solve that problem. I for one have gotten the impression from this BP incident, and from everything I've read, that that is what happened in this case. There was even an interview with a so-called expert who helped work on the Exxon Valdez cleanup who said he's been shocked at how little has changed since then in terms of advancement in technology, process, etc.