This article truly deserves 'TL;DR'. BUT, having lightly skimmed it, I get the general idea because "real" engineers have been whining about the Software Engin

This article truly deserves 'TL;DR'. BUT, having lightly skimmed it, I get the general idea because "real" engineers have been whining about the Software Engineer title since nearly the first day I was at college like 11 years ago. Oddly, perhaps, I haven't ever heard scientists complain that computer scientists aren't scientists. I can't speak so much about software engineers as that is not really what I do, but as a computer scientist I can say without reservation that it is indeed a science. Research and experimentation is a core part of a lot of what computer scientists do. Solving problems that had no solutions until you came along and invented them.