Would Mahatma Gandhi have made a good software engineer?

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Would Mahatma Gandhi have made a good software engineer? This question was asked in a Deloitte Interview. Just try to answer this question with different thoughts.

Manikavelu Velayutham · Answer

Might be you can take the earlier stage of Gates when he wrote program of tic tac toe in the computer :)

Sam Hobbs · Answer

I do not consider Bill Gates to be a software engineer. Microsoft is very marketing-oriented; like most other big businesses they intentionally confuse people with terminology. A software engineer would have understood the value of good documentation and Windows was not documented very well when it was young. For Bill Gates his priorities was success in business. His motivation for technical success was the result of a need to succeed competitively. If Bill Gates was more interested in technical success he would have continued Microsoft's partnership with IBM. Are you sure Mahatma Gandhi would compare himself to Bill Gates? Maybe Steve Jobs. Of course as I said I don't know much about Mahatma Gandhi so if I misunderstand then I apologize.

Manikavelu Velayutham · Answer

Because he would like to stay in the same company rather than jumping to another company. Its safe for company as well as him :).

Mayur Gujrathi · Answer

He would sit on fast against company/boss pressuring employees unnecessarily infront of company

Manikavelu Velayutham · Answer

I would say surely he would have been a good software programmer. Gandhi took his time to grow and develop his techniques to ensure that his actions made an impact. He was brutally honest and truthful and this helped him throughout his life Some step by step movement towards the India Independence are below Non Co-operation Movement Civil Disobedience Movement Quit India Movement Finally India Independence Excellent Leadership Qualities If you see the above qualities of Mahatma surely it would match to a good software engineer. Might be there would be a chance for another Bill Gates :).

Sam Hobbs · Answer

I must admit that I do not know much about Mahatma Gandhi. So please excuse my ignorance. Would Mahatma Gandhi enjoy programming? Is there any evidence that he was detailed and technical? I think any smart person can be a good programmer if they want to but he chose to be political and social but not technical and therefore he would have not been a good programmer. Or you could say that if there was any reason he had to be a programmer then he would have been very successful.

Suthish Nair · Answer

He wolud be still fixing the bugs for Independence software.

Manikavelu Velayutham · Answer

Awesome reply. Still expecting answers from others point of view.

Vulpes · Answer

I doubt it. His background was in law which is not a profession which nowadays is strongly correlated with software engineering. Also he was resolutely non-violent. Typically software engineers need a way of venting their frustrations such as throwing their mice at the screen when their programs don't work! If he had have been a software engineer then as a sandal-wearing ascetic I think he would have been happiest in the Linux community :)