Developers only, please: do you know from memory what SWEBOK stands for?
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@evan not a dev, but it sounds awfully similar to the BABOK that I once occasionally referred to.
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@tehstu you may be able to guess it then from context clues
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@evan Sure that's not spelled ZWEIBACK?
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@Bodling yes
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Саша Морс, here we go again...replied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
@evan this was the first time I'd ever seen the term. 30 years in the field
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Thanks everyone. I am a Strong Yes, it would be weird if I wasn't.
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SWEBOK is the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge, a book-length overview of the work of software engineers and our relations with practitioners of other disciplines.
Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK)
A guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge that provides a foundation for training materials and curriculum development.
IEEE Computer Society (www.computer.org)
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I had assignments out of the SWEBOK for two master's degree CS classes before. I found it really comprehensive and interesting, but also really dense, which is what you'd expect for a book trying to summarize such a complex practice.
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A new version, 4, was just released, which had it at the top of my attention recently.
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But also, someone On Here recently made a popular post that said something along the lines of, there's no manual that explains what it means to be a software engineer. And I thought to myself... Kinda? There is? But I didn't respond; instead saving the topic for a poll.
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Anyway, I think it's helpful and I'm looking forward to reading v4 over the holidays.
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@alexmorse me even longer!
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@monnier well, it's mere engineering, so probably not interesting to you.
Version 3 was edited by Pierre Bourque of ÉTS, though. Kind of a neat local link.
