rbowman on Wed, 31 Jul 2013 19:40:50 -0600 typed
in alt.survival the following:
pyotr filipivich wrote:

The other people there mostly want to write the code for the
program, and let someone else think about the algorithm and the
data-structure. They're needed too..

I've usually worked for smaller companies. There's none of that gradation of
software engineers, analysts, grunt level programmers and so forth.

At which point, you do want someone who understands the theory of
the subject. As well as how to write tight code which compiles first
time, sans bugs.
--
pyotr filipivich.
Just about the time you finally see light at the end of the tunnel,
you find out it's a Government Project to build more tunnel.