---
title: "Things they didn’t teach you about Software Engineering"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/things-they-didn-t-teach-you-about-software-engineering-cjcaptemz
source_url: https://vadimkravcenko.com/shorts/things-they-didnt-teach-you/
type: article
source: "Pointer"
author: "Vadim"
published: 2023-01-20T17:16:11.253Z
updated: 2023-01-20T17:16:11.140Z
tags: ["agile", "work-life-balance"]
reading_time: 14
upvotes: 149
comments: 11
language: en
---

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# Things they didn’t teach you about Software Engineering

**[Pointer](https://daily.dev/sources/pointer)** · [@vadimk](https://daily.dev/vadimk) · 14 min read · 149 upvotes · 11 comments

## Summary

Software Engineering is not as glamorous as boot camps tend to portray it, and there's much more overhead involved than just coding. The primary focus of a software engineer's job is not writing code but rather creating value through the use of software that was written. Code is simply a tool to achieve this end goal.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@xxkeefer** · 2 upvotes

> Really good article, it's a little nihilistic about the dream job part. I think it's a bit heavy on the doom and gloom. I personally work for a company that feature some of those things some of the time and it's part of the excitement

**@shubhsharma19** · 1 upvotes

> This is something very eye-opening and making me think about many points you just mentioned

**@kkurko** · 1 upvotes

> Great reading with a number of points to think about

**@andreaaa** · 0 upvotes

> Great article! I agree with most of the things shared .

**@amodhshenoy** · 0 upvotes

> Well put

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