By PeterStofferis
via stsc.hill.af.mil
Published: Feb 10 2007 / 00:28
Are you Kirk, Spock, Sulu, Chekov, Uhura, or Scotty? If you are part of a modern-day software engineering team, chances are you fit one of these roles. As we have read about Star Trek’s influence on technology, sit back for a warp drive look at how a software engineering team’s structure mimics that of the Star Trek bridge crew.
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cbegin replied ago:
OMG. That is funny in a scary sort of way. I think the actual team structure described is scary. There's so many managers there's no room for actual developers (you know, the people who build the software).
Oh wait. The developer would be the dude in the red shirt... doh.
jcarrascal replied ago:
The site is down. At least it's already on Google's cache:
http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:_lunALa7xcsJ:www.stsc.hill.af.mil/crosstalk/2006/10/0610Webb.html+http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/crosstalk/2006/10/0610Webb.html
Peter Stofferis replied ago:
I just tried it, the site is available (again?).
jwenting replied ago:
probably depends on where you are. It's hosted on a USAF server (http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/crosstalk/2006/10/0610Webb.html ), which are often inaccessible outside the US (and have been for some years, as if someone suddenly decided that people outside the US shouldn't be allowed access to USAF sites).
There is of course one glaring error in the text, and that's that Scotty isn't bridgecrew. He's holed up in engineering (the quintessential techie, banned to another floor or building from the project management team) and consulted only when things threaten to blow up "She's gonna blow, Capt'n!".
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