Mar-07-2020, 07:27 AM
That people who go into software engineering often have computer science/maths/physics backgrounds (like myself) maybe tells you something, but equally, I know a good many people in the field that have come from other backgrounds. Note also a couple things:
1. Writing software isn't solely about logically thinking things through - you need some amount of creativity and the ability to weigh up pros and cons of solutions, for example.
2. Software engineering isn't just about writing code! There are other things too, both technical (like having to monitor the systems you build, diagnosing network issues, ...) and non-technical (working with people, understanding how to prioritise, ...).
1. Writing software isn't solely about logically thinking things through - you need some amount of creativity and the ability to weigh up pros and cons of solutions, for example.
2. Software engineering isn't just about writing code! There are other things too, both technical (like having to monitor the systems you build, diagnosing network issues, ...) and non-technical (working with people, understanding how to prioritise, ...).