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All the while programmers are not engineers but craftsmen, because... we don't use slide rules or something.

• Avicebron 2y ago
  I think it's more that we don't follow ethical rules or something
  • bobsmooth 2y ago
    It's because there's no liability. In my country you need liability insurance to be an engineer.
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    • bee_rider 2y ago
      In the US we have the concept of a Professional Engineering license, but most people who get engineering degrees don’t end up needing one. Around here is it more like… you need a license for your signature to mean anything while surveying land, or something like that.
      • bobsmooth 2y ago
        In my country you can't promote yourself as an engineer unless you have a license. You also technically can't have a job title with engineer in it but that's not really enforced.