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don't even get me started on software "engineers"
Let's get you started. What's the beef?
Many software developers/programmers call themselves "engineers" as they seem to see themselves on the same level as real Engineers. In my opinion, this stems from their feelings of class inferiority and a belief that since they make similar levels of income to engineers and make complex "things" that they are deserving of the title. To me, this is the purest expression of wanting to be labor aristocrats.
They are not engineers because:
In Canada, the regulator of Alberta recently ruled that software developers are not engineers. Not that the bougie govt of Alberta is good in any way, it makes my point. It's mostly just classism. And no, I'm not a developer or an engineer and nor are my family. So you if you see someone claiming to be a "Software Engineer" or similar, they're really just a grifter. You might as well just call gardeners "plant engineers", novelists "writing engineers", or painters "art engineers".
they're linguists but instead of translating and interpreting things and discovering cool history in language, they build apps to destroy entire job sectors and tell self-driving cars to only avoid white ppl
Software Engineering is closer to Computer Science than to actual Engineering. It does involve some engineering problems and solutions, but overall, it mostly is programming. Even if you check university courses, the CS and SE content are pretty much the same with little differences between them.
So? Does it make it simple somehow?
Complicated =/= engineering
It is still a difficult and (I'd argue) equally respectable job tho
Most software development is making things that are either useless or outright harmful to society, and it's not nearly as high skilled or intelligent work as people make it out to be. It is not a respectable job, despite what techbros would like you to believe.
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