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Programmers: Stop Calling Yourselves Engineers (www.theatlantic.com)

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Old, but fun read that argues that today's programmers are not like typical Engineers and shouldn't really call themselves that as Engineering requires certification, is subject to government regulation, bear a burden to the public, etc.

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[-] Fizz@lemmy.nz 8 points 3 days ago

You'd think that's how it is but in reality they list software developer roles as software engineer just because they think it sounds better.

[-] spedswir@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Yeah, fair enough that might be what HR/recruitment does. It doesn't mean that there isn't a difference though.

Also I'm not sure if that is more of a US thing maybe? I see most roles in Australia listed for "developer" not "engineers"

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