<p>There is a reason I said “isn’t necessarily” harder-- to avoid a generalization-- and I gave a concrete example that contradicts the assumption that engineering is necessarily harder. I think such terms are relative (you are comparing things when you use a term like harder). I don’t think absolutes apply to discussions like these, but to each his/her own. I guess I happen to live with geniuses in my home and all around me here in silicon valley 
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