Software Engineer is just a job-title like "Accountant". We should also have "Certified Software Engineer", which is not a job-title, but accreditation. Like "C

Software Engineer is just a job-title like "Accountant". We should also have "Certified Software Engineer", which is not a job-title, but accreditation. Like "CPA" is. You can do accounting without being a CPA, but it helps your clients know you know something about what you are doing.