if we define 'software engineer' as someone whose job it is to make working software systems, then clearly anything less than the truth is counterproductive. i

if we define 'software engineer' as someone whose job it is to make working software systems, then clearly anything less than the truth is counterproductive. if you take a more modern view that the 'software engineer' is mostly about marketing and sales, even inside your company, then sure. its all spin and half truth. but that doesn't have anything to do with.. you know, building stuff