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

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/technology

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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Wait, not "software engineer", just "engineer"? That's definitely bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Even "software engineer" is a bit sketchy. Should testers start calling themselves "Software doctors"? Lol

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

No, that's silly.

They should call themselves "exterminators" since they look for bugs.

[–] MoonlightFox 5 points 1 month ago

But they don't actually remove the bugs 🤔

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