It's a horrible misnomer of a title, I agree, but here in the states it has stuck for several cascading reasons: * there's no FE exam needed to call oneself a

It's a horrible misnomer of a title, I agree, but here in the states it has stuck for several cascading reasons: * there's no FE exam needed to call oneself a "software engineer" * the MBAs doing the hiring have gone through school hearing "software engineer" and so they mentally place them alongside other engineers * companies hiring software developers don't care to differentiate between a engineer/developer, and as a result... * software developers (from senior level all the way down to bootcamp graduates) don't give a shit and will put "Engineer" on their resume