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minus-squareFiniteBanjo@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·5 days agoMixed feelings because obviously studying for a degree implies maths and sciences which does qualify you as an engineer, but imo “software engineer” isn’t a real thing. You’re either a computer engineer or a code monkey.
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoi think the word “engineer” has something to do with the word “ingenuity” … now ask yourself, how much creative thinking do you need as a coder?
minus-squareFiniteBanjo@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·5 days agoDepends on the task, somewhere between next to none and actual engineering.
minus-squareMiaou@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoI get your point but I’m not going to pull out my whole resume when, at the end of the day, I write software for a living.
minus-squareFiniteBanjo@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·5 days agoProgrammer is shorter and more honest than software engineer, tho
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoProgrammers and Software Engineers are different things, tho
minus-squareFiniteBanjo@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·5 days agoProgrammers and Engineers are different things, tho
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoYes. But software engineers are engineers. Not all programmers are software engineers.
Mixed feelings because obviously studying for a degree implies maths and sciences which does qualify you as an engineer, but imo “software engineer” isn’t a real thing. You’re either a computer engineer or a code monkey.
i think the word “engineer” has something to do with the word “ingenuity” … now ask yourself, how much creative thinking do you need as a coder?
Depends on the task, somewhere between next to none and actual engineering.
I get your point but I’m not going to pull out my whole resume when, at the end of the day, I write software for a living.
Programmer is shorter and more honest than software engineer, tho
Programmers and Software Engineers are different things, tho
Programmers and Engineers are different things, tho
Yes. But software engineers are engineers. Not all programmers are software engineers.