Engineering Title Debate
Discussions debate whether software developers or programmers qualify as 'real engineers' compared to traditional fields like electrical or mechanical engineering, often with sarcasm about the term's use in tech.
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Your profile says you are an engineer.
Such an engineer thing to say. ;)
That is more about the "engineering" bit.
All engineers? Are you sure about that?
Engineering how to engineer things might be engineering in some ways.
Please, do tell what lofty work you do that deserves the holy moniker of engineering.
This person might make a good engineer.
"When engineering doesn't involve product or design"
ok fine, you're an engineer!
This is what real engineering looks like.