只有两种工作# JobHunting - 待字闺中
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A person is hired to do work that the hiring person (a) cannot do for
himself, or (b) does not want to do.
A job can be a mixture of these two, but to have respect, you need to get
more type a component than type b component. (An exception is that for
junior people who need mentors, there is a tradeoff between a and b.)
Software engineer is at a bad position because it is indeed type a but many
managers perceive it as type b, because the purpose of software engineering
it to automate type b job - the content and the form are mixed and lead to
confusion and abuse.
A person is hired to do work that the hiring person (a) cannot do for
himself, or (b) does not want to do.
A job can be a mixture of these two, but to have respect, you need to get
more type a component than type b component. (An exception is that for
junior people who need mentors, there is a tradeoff between a and b.)
Software engineer is at a bad position because it is indeed type a but many
managers perceive it as type b, because the purpose of software engineering
it to automate type b job - the content and the form are mixed and lead to
confusion and abuse.