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> most should not even be called engineers, they’re coders or developers and on the same level as a lab technician to me I'm a programmer and I 100% agree with
by _gabe_ 4y ago
> most should not even be called engineers, they’re coders or developers and on the same level as a lab technician to me
I'm a programmer and I 100% agree with this statement. I never tell anyone that I'm a software engineer even though that is my job title, I am a programmer. It annoys me to no end that we keep diluting language like this and devaluing the meaning of these terms. An engineer is held to a much higher standard than any web developer ever will be.
- GFischer 4y agoIn some countries, like mine (Uruguay), it's illegal to call yourself an engineer unless you are one, but the local university does hand software engineer titles. I call myself a senior software developer (I'm not an engineer, I did went to university but didn't graduate from that career, switched to an Information Systems degree instead).