Because software engineering isn't engineering, isn't taught like engineering, doesn't come with the responsibility that engineers have, doesn't come with the b

Because software engineering isn't engineering, isn't taught like engineering, doesn't come with the responsibility that engineers have, doesn't come with the barriers that engineering does, refuses to take itself seriously as an engineering discipline, refuses to organize in any way that would be required if we WANTED to enforce engineering best practices, etc. I don't understand what you DON'T get? Our profession is full of incompetent people that have done nothing but make things worse everywhere they go, and they all make more money than I do, and some of them have been deified as thought leaders. Engineering doesn't have thought leaders.