Dave Guertin - The Nuts of Software

#19 - Dave Guertin

• Not a Beer drinker – Sangria or Bailey’s
• Software engineers have a sense of humor, too.
• His high school had AutoCAD in 1985(ish).
  • He learned it and sort of taught the class.
• Software engineering hasn’t changed, yet it is completely different.
• Programming has been commoditized –
  • But it depends how you define it.
• Does everyone need to know how to code?
  • No but, they all need to learn to use a computer.
• Both mechanical engineers and software engineers use many off the shelf items when designing news things.
  • Dave creates those of the shelf things
• Dates are surprisingly complicated
• Software engineers get a lot of instant gratification. Mechanical engineers don’t
• Software quality control is testing the software in a plethora of situations.
  • It’s similar to environmental changes for physical products