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Software engineers would typically have Computer Science degrees, not Computer Engineering degrees.
by strictnein 10y ago
Software engineers would typically have Computer Science degrees, not Computer Engineering degrees.
- ClearAsMud 10y agoSoftware engineers w/o degrees are just software developers. They are not engineers, by any stretch of the term. Engineering principals applied to software, including performance analysis and validation are done by engineers. There is a big difference. Actually a HUGE difference. This isn't most likely going to be popular here, because a lot of industry folks who are in the epicenter of SF just like the title more than the job .. but it's fact, IMHO. I don't mind having discrediting titles all the time, but it's more ego that pushes it. I could care less about a title, so I'll call it out all the time. Scientists are not engineers.
- strictnein 10y ago> "but it's fact, IMHO" That's not how facts work.
- aphistic 10y ago> I could care less Obviously not an engineer.
- astrodust 10y agoSoftware "engineers" have Computer Science degrees. "Software Engineers" have Engineering degrees. Example is University of Waterloo Software Engineering: https://uwaterloo.ca/find-out-more/programs/software-engineering https://uwaterloo.ca/find-out-more/programs/software-enginee...