A self grandiose term to describe an industry which actually has no engineering foundations. Often filled with examples of Dunning Kruger, Conway's Law, Narcissism and Elitism.
by mactel March 13, 2017
A Software Dandy is someone who has all the latest games and cool software just to show-off. They have a huge number of non-pirated games and "killer apps" and they will never let anyone borrow from them.
A) "Wow! has that guy got a load of software I want, or WHAT ? I bet he's some kind of games wizard !"
b) "Jeez, he's just a Software Dandy - and he knows jack about any of them games"
b) "Jeez, he's just a Software Dandy - and he knows jack about any of them games"
by Regis Bognor February 8, 2006
An overpaid artisan who uses unoriginal ideas and code that has already been written. Spends most of his time listening to music while spending hundreds of hours on design projects that will never reach fruition.
by SoftwareDevOps October 30, 2022
Someone with big brains and who works his freaking tail off and is going to be (or has already been) laid off, just to be replaced by some low-life and low-wage counterpart in india, so greedy corporations can increase their margins and offer a crapper service.
IBM announces it creates 1,500 new Software Engineering jobs (but they don't disclose it's in freaking india or china).
by MaxCool February 8, 2004
The process of defining the actual functionality of a software program, the planning and programming of said software.
I´m a programmer, I work in software engineering.
by Marvin January 23, 2004
by dreaded1 January 24, 2008
A career option that seems like the road to riches until graduation, when realise that the job market has been supersaturated with fellow geeks for the past five years.
Also: for the above reason, a slang term for a male 20something worker in a fast food restaurant.
Also: for the above reason, a slang term for a male 20something worker in a fast food restaurant.
"Of course, with a masters degree in software engineering, it was either flipping burgers or the dole queue again on Monday morning."
by Doc January 28, 2004