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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I no longer build software; I now make furniture out of wood.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

A more standard definition in my tenure in academia is that scientists solve problems because they want to know the answer. Engineers solve problems because they want the problem to be solved.

In any case, the difference is just, heh, academic.

I'm very much the latter.