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Statisticians, is this true? (infosec.pub)

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[–] brisk@aussie.zone 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

People with computer science degrees often work as software engineers but Computer Scientists are not Software Engineers. Computer Scientists are mathematicians. Theoretically you can do pretty good computer science without ever touching a computer - it's the mathematics of computation, which is much broader than the machines we keep on our desks. Software Engineers are not typically mathematicians.

I say this as someone who is qualified as a software engineer. I would absolutely love to be involved in computer science, but I'm trained for engineering not mathematics.

[–] Fmstrat@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Ahh "Scientists", that's a job title, not a field, so I think we are saying the same thing different ways. 😉

Also a software engineer (aren't we all, here? Hah), including algorithmic work to optimize the use of languages, but have never contributed to a language directly. But now, you may have ignited something. Hmmmmmm...