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Daddy, Where Do Software Engineers Come From?

DevOps.com, Monday, July 28th, 2025

There's one question every parent dreads hearing from their child: 'Daddy, where do babies come from?'

We've all heard the responses over the years-storks, God, mommy's belly, 'ask your mother,' you name it. But beneath the awkwardness lies a fundamental question: how do we make more of us?

Oddly enough, the tech world is now grappling with its own version of this question: Where do software engineers come from?

And lately, the answers we're getting aren't much better than 'the stork.'

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