This isn't as inflammatory as you think it is, software engineering is just a subset of engineering... just like all other engineering fields. OP is just happy

This isn't as inflammatory as you think it is, software engineering is just a subset of engineering... just like all other engineering fields. OP is just happy that this can be applied more generally. In my opinion, engineer is just a term for people who solve practical problems. Which is a huge community of people these days.