I guess this is good, but what's the point in software? It is possible to do real engineering work in software, there's just no certification. I can't say I'm a

I guess this is good, but what's the point in software? It is possible to do real engineering work in software, there's just no certification. I can't say I'm a "PE", but when you're regularly computing, measuring, implementing algorithms selected on a theoretical basis, and structuring a calculation to work at scale, these things seems like an engineering problem. There's just no rulebook you are forced to follow. Is engineering building things using scientific principles, it is building things that are critical for human health and safety, or is it building things according to a code set by some authority? The licensure argument seems applicable only to the last criterion (though often it makes sense for 2 and 3 to be linked for a well explored domain).