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You can call yourself a software engineer. You just need to have qualified with the professional body in charge of engineering. Like, say, a doctor or a lawye

You can call yourself a software engineer. You just need to have qualified with the professional body in charge of engineering. Like, say, a doctor or a lawyer.

wlesieutre 4y ago
Ah but you see, I'm a "software lawyer" which is a title I made up and personally feel like should have no professional standards or qualifications
- threatofrain 4y ago
  Software lawyer sounds like you're a lawyer with a specialization. But ultimately I think it shouldn't come down to the specifics of what you call yourself since that's something people can weasel out of, but rather if you're communicating that you provide professional legal services.
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  - kube-system 4y ago
    as does "software engineer", but the title could be used in the US by someone who graduated a code boot camp, and doesn't know any engineering principles.
- 0x6A75616E 4y ago
  I identify as a Software Engineer. My pronouns are gcc/py.
  - yask123 4y ago
    lmfaooo
- riskneutral 4y ago
  Feel free to just drop the "software" part, since it's a mouthful, and just call yourself a "lawyer." What's the difference anyway, we're all just typing words and numbers into computers at the end of the day.
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- bee_rider 4y ago
  Programmers write the code, though. A better name might be "software legislator." Given that lots of us work on top of a giant, partially-understood heap of frameworks and libraries, that might actually be a more appropriate name than Software Engineer.
  - wlesieutre 4y ago
    What about writing code for decentralized contracts, since contracts are lawyery but I’m writing software and have no formal legal background or credentials? Surely no one would object to me using the term “lawyer” for that!
    - bee_rider 4y ago
      I dunno actually, do you need to be a lawyer to write a contract? I think anyone can do it, right? You just might screw yourself over by missing an edge case or writing an unenforceable contract.
      - wlesieutre 4y ago
        You don't, though it's not necessarily a wise idea. But you definitely don't want to market yourself as a lawyer if you aren't one. Nor do you need to be an engineer to do a lot of things, but for whatever reason that's considered fair game.

You can call yourself a software engineer. You just need to have qualified with the professional body in charge of engineering. Like, say, a doctor or a lawyer.

wlesieutre 4y ago

Ah but you see, I'm a "software lawyer" which is a title I made up and personally feel like should have no professional standards or qualifications

threatofrain 4y ago
Software lawyer sounds like you're a lawyer with a specialization. But ultimately I think it shouldn't come down to the specifics of what you call yourself since that's something people can weasel out of, but rather if you're communicating that you provide professional legal services.
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- kube-system 4y ago
  as does "software engineer", but the title could be used in the US by someone who graduated a code boot camp, and doesn't know any engineering principles.
0x6A75616E 4y ago
I identify as a Software Engineer. My pronouns are gcc/py.
- yask123 4y ago
  lmfaooo
riskneutral 4y ago
Feel free to just drop the "software" part, since it's a mouthful, and just call yourself a "lawyer." What's the difference anyway, we're all just typing words and numbers into computers at the end of the day.
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bee_rider 4y ago
Programmers write the code, though. A better name might be "software legislator." Given that lots of us work on top of a giant, partially-understood heap of frameworks and libraries, that might actually be a more appropriate name than Software Engineer.
- wlesieutre 4y ago
  What about writing code for decentralized contracts, since contracts are lawyery but I’m writing software and have no formal legal background or credentials? Surely no one would object to me using the term “lawyer” for that!
  - bee_rider 4y ago
    I dunno actually, do you need to be a lawyer to write a contract? I think anyone can do it, right? You just might screw yourself over by missing an edge case or writing an unenforceable contract.
    - wlesieutre 4y ago
      You don't, though it's not necessarily a wise idea. But you definitely don't want to market yourself as a lawyer if you aren't one. Nor do you need to be an engineer to do a lot of things, but for whatever reason that's considered fair game.