My previous career was mechanical engineering. I was on track to be a licensed engineer in my country, I have a mechE masters degree. Even in “traditional engi

My previous career was mechanical engineering. I was on track to be a licensed engineer in my country, I have a mechE masters degree. Even in “traditional engineering” some people refer to certain tasks as “not real engineering”. Usually they are talking with their ego and wish it was the 70’s so they could be drafting with pencil. Their opinion doesnt mean anything and is basically regressive. So the idea of if any task is “real engineering” is just such a pointless debate. Defining any activity as engineering or “not engineering” isn't useful. Calling yourself a software engineer is fine as a job application tool, but needing to be seen as an “engineer” is just meaningless ego. Ive seen this debate for over a decade at this point, some like to split developers vs engineers by some arbitrary standards, but honestly it doesnt and has never meant anything.