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All non-software engineers employ complex (often mathematical) techniques to analyse their design in terms of reliability, performance, safety, robustness to external conditions etc. We, except maybe for the area of critical embedded software, barely do any of these things. What's more, with the rise of the agile methods, we actually make a point to not spend time on those (see "Move fast and break things"). That's why IMO most of us aren't engineers.


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