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I think properly implementing a solution appropriate to the problem space is the literal definition of engineering. So "we" aren't bad at software engineering but someone definitely is.

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The someone in question were inexperienced devs fresh from a bootcamp. This is a recipe for failure in every industry from making coffee to making spacecraft.

Perhaps software is somewhat unique that we don't appreciate experience.

I'm saying the fundamental problem was not the software implementation but the non-engineering decision-making surrounding it.

What the poster is saying is that the project management aspects are a part of engineering a product. It's an opinion I happen to agree with.

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