Disagree. The impression I've got when talking to friends in traditional engineering is that the scope of a software role is larger (More vertically integrated,

Disagree. The impression I've got when talking to friends in traditional engineering is that the scope of a software role is larger (More vertically integrated, more expectations) and we have better processes (E.g. code review, deployment pipeline, monitoring, etc). Cannot speak for EE, but I'm friends with people who do ChemE, MechE, Civil and mechatronics.