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Calling yourself an "engineer" involves licensing fees, continuing education, and the most fun of all - a university degree. Some jobs require you to be a memb
by allo37 5y ago
Calling yourself an "engineer" involves licensing fees, continuing education, and the most fun of all - a university degree.
Some jobs require you to be a member, but most of these jobs aren't in software.
So most software people I know just use adjacent titles like "developer" or "designer". It's essentially the same job - just without all the extra responsibility.
The word "engineer" has a certain social clout to it, though. Hard for your mom to brag to her friends if your title is "developer".
- wheelinsupial 5y agoOn the upper end (probably even in the middle) software developers earn more than licensed engineers. I'm pretty sure your mom can brag about her child the developer making 3x what her friend's child the engineer makes. There are engineers who end up moving to software for just this reason. Software is super important and becomes more so over time. I'm not sure why being proud of being a developer isn't enough and why it has to end up with wanting to use the term engineer.
- allo37 5y agoYeah, titles are a strange thing. There are a lot of PhDs out there earning bupkiss, but they're still "doctor"s, and that carries a certain respect. I agree it's mostly BS and doesn't make much sense, but I could say the same for much of reality...