> I always wonder if it's like this for other branches of engineering too?
EE here. It's not. The entry bar is much higher: most of the time difficult projects are given to senior engineers. It takes a degree and many years of work to get there.
> Or chemical engineers synthesize medicines in way nobody but a rockstar guru understands
Been there. Not at all.
> cellphone is made by machines designed in early 1990s because nobody was able to figure out what that one cog is doing
Same. Part of the reason is that any physical component adds cost, weight, and so on to a project.
In software you can throw code and random libraries at a problem and nobody will notice until vulnerabilities start to pop later on.
EE here. It's not. The entry bar is much higher: most of the time difficult projects are given to senior engineers. It takes a degree and many years of work to get there.
> Or chemical engineers synthesize medicines in way nobody but a rockstar guru understands
Been there. Not at all.
> cellphone is made by machines designed in early 1990s because nobody was able to figure out what that one cog is doing
Same. Part of the reason is that any physical component adds cost, weight, and so on to a project.
In software you can throw code and random libraries at a problem and nobody will notice until vulnerabilities start to pop later on.