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Engineering[1] is a discipline, requiring professional licensure. I know of one actual Software Engineer, Margaret Hamilton.[2] We're programmers, NOT Software
by mikewarot 4y ago
Engineering[1] is a discipline, requiring professional licensure. I know of one actual Software Engineer, Margaret Hamilton.[2] We're programmers, NOT Software Engineers.
An actual Software Engineer would have an iron ring on their pinky to remind themselves of the lives placed in their hands, and the importance of their profession, the oath they swore to uphold.
We programmers don't profess anything. We have no code of ethics that we'd adhere to in spite of all pressure from management and others.
Mudge seems to have a code of ethics, perhaps he could help write that formal code once the Twitter nonsense is done.
[1] https://www.nspe.org/resources/pe-magazine/called-order https://www.nspe.org/resources/pe-magazine/called-order
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Hamilton_(software_engineer)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Hamilton_(software_engineer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Hamilton_(software_en...
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoDo US engineers get the iron ring? I thought that was Canada only.
- mikewarot 4y agoI thought it was a McGill only thing, it turns out it's wider spread than that. I'm not an Engineer, so I'm not up on the details.
- qbrass 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Engineer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Engineer
- zerohp 4y agoI have a stainless steel ring from the Order of the Engineer. There is also the Pledge of the Computing Professional, which uses a pin. Both programs were available at UIUC. http://pledge-of-the-computing-professional.org http://pledge-of-the-computing-professional.org https://order-of-the-engineer.org https://order-of-the-engineer.org
- gaws 4y agoAll this to say programmers should call themselves software developers vs. software engineers.