> A lot of what passes for "engineering" today, at least by marketplace label, tends to resemble the former rather than the latter. We can keep reclassifying w

> A lot of what passes for "engineering" today, at least by marketplace label, tends to resemble the former rather than the latter. We can keep reclassifying what it takes to earn that label until we've eliminated all but the geniuses of the software world. The titles (and seniority) are, frankly, useless because they aren't legally enforced because no one has a good and popular way to test for competency. If they did, that would be the technical interview and then market forces could once again weed out people who don't make it. There really isn't any push back when you have an opinion on what a software engineer ought to be when you're hiring, so naturally, a lot of people have their own opinion. Figuring out which direction to go if you are one of those supposed engineers is pretty much a crap shoot but still better than just not learning anything new.