There are degrees in engineering management actually. You can get a MEM instead of an MBA for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering_management htt

There are degrees in engineering management actually. You can get a MEM instead of an MBA for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering_management https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering_management But that kind of engineering is usually not the software engineering one. SENG vs all the others are pretty different in many ways, because the limits we deal with are more abstract mathematical vs. objects set more in hard sciences. Physical limits are mostly around information theory, the speed of light, algorithmic running time and how many people / data centers can you throw at a problem and people only really start thinking about that when the projects get big, which are not most projects. The vast majority of software is about equivalent to building single family houses, which often do not involve a single engineer at all. Many engineers have a common core curriculum that has physics, circuits, chemistry, fluid dynamics, etc that lets them feel like they can relate to other engineers more and find software a somewhat alienating world with different personalities, requirements and cultures.