software engineer

also referred to as: software engineers

12 statements across 12 episodes · 4 bullish · 2 bearish · 11 people on the record · first statement Jan 11, 2018 by Vijay Pande · across every show →

Everything said about software engineer, oldest first

Jan 11, 2018
Insight
Pande: Evolution acts as a software engineer, creating features and bugs
“Evolution has created a ton of features. It's an amazing software engineer of sorts. But, you know, with these features come bugs.”
Vijay Pande Jan 11, 2018 ▶ 0:34 When Biology Moves to Engineering
Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Chou: Software engineers must act as both architects and construction workers
“Building a software application is somewhat like building a physical building except that the software engineer also has to be a bit of an architect, as well as a construction worker.”
Tracy Chow Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 11:16 a16z Podcast | Coding as Literacy
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lane Fox: Becoming a competent software engineer takes 6 to 18 months
“We know that it takes them anywhere between six weeks and 18 months to get to be a relatively good either software engineer or architect or whatever.”
Martha Lane Fox Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 24:55 a16z Podcast | London Calling for Tech Done in a Different Way
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Insight
Arthur Brooks: Software engineers should view themselves as moral theologians
“Software engineers that are listening to this, Should be moral theologians. What is the meaning behind your work?”
Arthur Brooks Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 6:41 a16z Podcast | On Morals and Meaning in Products, Business, and Life
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Andreessen: Software engineers are vastly more productive today than 20 years ago
“I think the big one I see that I think is probably under remarked on is engineers are so much more productive today, especially in software than they were 2030 years ago. The tools are so much more sophisticated and powerful, all the infrastructure technologie…”
Marc Andreessen Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 53:18 a16z Podcast | From Research to Startup, There and Back Again
Nov 18, 2022
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Power: Hadrian software engineers must work factory floor jobs biweekly
“Trying to get it down to single threaded, like the person that's building the automation for this part of the product is capable of actually doing that job. And it's forced to do that job every couple of weeks and like relearn the real Real user pain is, is an…”
Chris Power Nov 18, 2022 ▶ 37:14 The Factory of the Future with Chris Power
Dec 12, 2024 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Market forces will drive software engineering talent into physical hard tech
“I think a lot of it will be market-driven. It's about capitalizing on this sort of romantic desire to build stuff that I think is in the air right now.”
Erin Price-Wright Dec 12, 2024 ▶ 8:57 Jobs of the Future: Where Hardware Meets Software
Apr 28, 2025 negative
Opinion
Legacy defense contractors can no longer attract top software engineering talent
“The companies that historically participated in the space can no longer attract the very best software engineers. Like the very best software engineers do not want to work in that ecosystem and with those structures.”
Philip Buckendorf Apr 28, 2025 ▶ 14:02 The Software Crisis Behind America's Infrastructure
May 1, 2025
Insight
Building good hardware requires software engineers directly on the factory floor
“For us, that's, I have to have my software engineers on the factory floor automating things, and that's how you build really good product. They have to be literally running this stuff themselves, otherwise the context is not there.”
Chris Power May 1, 2025 ▶ 3:06 How to Enable a Manufacturing Renaissance
Aug 8, 2025
Assertion Partly supported
Sinofsky: Software engineering never required state licensing or sales approval
“You never needed to be licensed to be a software engineer. There was never approval to sell software.”
Steven Sinofsky Aug 8, 2025 ▶ 5:07 Steven Sinofsky & Balaji Srinivasan on the Future of M&A, AI & Tech
Nov 26, 2025 negative
Opinion
Top software engineers prefer Elon Musk over legacy auto executives
“A genius software engineer is not going to, they're going to want to work for Elon Musk. Like you can say about Elon Musk, whatever you want, but like a suave, well manicured executive from the car industry is like not really, like an, a talent magnet for soft…”
Margit Wennmachers Nov 26, 2025 ▶ 32:56 The Secret Marketing Strategy That Built a16z: From Zero to Legendary VC Firm
Aug 17, 2026 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Aug 2031
Gaybrick: Global Software Engineers Will Increase Despite AI Efficiencies
“And so I think there will be more software engineers in the world. we will need few of that, fewer of them to do the things we're already doing.”
Will Gaybrick Aug 17, 2026 ▶ 21:33 Tokens Are the New Dollars | Stripe's Will Gaybrick & David George
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