One reason that, three and a half years later, Andreessen is reiterating that “it’s time to build” instead of writing posts called “Here’s What I Built During the Building Time I Previously Announced Was Commencing” is that Marc Andreessen has not really built much of anything.

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    As I’ve mentioned before, software “engineering” all too often produces the digital equivalent of the First Tay Bridge.

    But then, I’ve had a reverse snobbery about the term “engineer” for several years and it still chagrins me that my job title includes the word when I’m really a technician.

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      This is why I think Henry Petroski’s To Engineer Is Human should be required reading for anyone in software