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> I know how to plug this black box into this other black box and return the result as JSON!

To be fair, most of software engineering is this.

Tbf- most of [any] engineering is like this.

But most 'engineering' is not engineering.

Care to explain your perspective? "Engineering" can be a bit of a fuzzy definition. To some it means "building something". To others, it requires the application (and understanding!) of mathematic and scientific principles to build something.

I would disagree that most engineering is not involved in building something...whether most engineers understand the math/science behind it is debatable.

Okay, now take a slightly imbalanced stance: What is most software engineering?

I don't know, but if I say it's about working with things you don't fully understand people seem to trust me.

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