I am a Software Engineer. I'm licensed by our provincial body and have my P.Eng. and yeah, I still agree with you. I've been asked why I got my P.Eng as it doe

I am a Software Engineer. I'm licensed by our provincial body and have my P.Eng. and yeah, I still agree with you. I've been asked why I got my P.Eng as it does nothing for me career wise, but I always have the hope that we move towards a profession that does utilize engineers with proper accreditation and responsibilities where appropriate. I work in Industrial Controls and what my job has me doing does have safety concerns. We fired a student at one point working for us because his attitude towards the work was lackluster and lazy. I see it often enough in programs I'm asked to pick up and fix too. If Software Engineering wants respect, the profession needs to accept that we're going to piss off a lot of Developers & Architects using the title incorrectly. We still need to develop the proper rigor to take Engineering as a discipline seriously, but we also don't need to apply "Engineers" to every job.