I was with the author right up to the Marc Aurelius quote "You have power over your mind—not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."
The funny thing is that actual engineering _requires_ being resilient in the face of unpredictable external events.
And his quote "You run the thing, and it works. Or it _doesn’t_, and you fix it." shortly after is fundamentally the difference between coding, and engineering.
And maybe that is the true curse of our profession. We call ourselves engineers, but we never behave like it. Engineering isn't "scratching the itch to build". It is defining requirements well, building something that fulfills the requirements, and then leaving well enough alone.
The funny thing is that actual engineering _requires_ being resilient in the face of unpredictable external events.
And his quote "You run the thing, and it works. Or it _doesn’t_, and you fix it." shortly after is fundamentally the difference between coding, and engineering.
And maybe that is the true curse of our profession. We call ourselves engineers, but we never behave like it. Engineering isn't "scratching the itch to build". It is defining requirements well, building something that fulfills the requirements, and then leaving well enough alone.