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Dave Guertin - The Nuts of Software
Episode 19

Dave Guertin - The Nuts of Software

Beers with Engineers

July 19, 20241h 1m

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#19 - Dave Guertin: The Nuts of Software

Dave is a Senior Programmer Director at Meditech.

  • 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