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In my country "IT" is all engineering, and what USA means by IT is called "IT support". Was surprised when I read about this on Reddit, also in some discussion
by Yizahi 6y ago
In my country "IT" is all engineering, and what USA means by IT is called "IT support". Was surprised when I read about this on Reddit, also in some discussion when some developer complained about being called IT.
- oneeyedpigeon 6y agoIn the UK, it varies. At large companies, "IT" is roughly analogous to the US usage — think "The IT Crowd", for example. Amongst the general populace, it varies. Those who work at large companies might draw a distinction, for many it simply means "works on computers doing stuff I don't understand". It has very derogatory connotations in general. I spent a lot of time trying to correct people and always referred to myself as a Developer or, occasionally, Software Engineer, never "someone who works in IT".
- Mauricebranagh 6y agoIronically when I worked at BT an "engineer" was always used to refer to (in US terms) the linemen. Only the "executive engineer" held any kudos and there only a handful of those in the country.