Your programmers != engineer issue brings up a larger issue I'm always wondering about when people/companies/etc say we have a software engineer shortage. Just

Your programmers != engineer issue brings up a larger issue I'm always wondering about when people/companies/etc say we have a software engineer shortage. Just what type of developer are they talking about? There are many types of engineers/developers: front end, back end, write algorithms, do data integration, automate systems, write database queries, real time, graphics, embedded systems, and on and on and on. So which ones are we talking about? What types of background do they need? The discussion on "the shortage" is always lacking in details. ~ Bryan PS: I think this issue is also why some say developers != engineers.