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Not OC: Just found this on my old hard drive while grabbing some other stuff.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Job titles in IT don’t mean anything these days.

In particular, the term “engineer” has been butchered beyond recognition.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Wait so you’re telling me I’m NOT an engineer?

Agreed. I usually say developer because I view engineers as people who do actual engineering. I’m more of a plumber who fits pipes (pieces of software) together.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Warm greetings to you from the Customer Success Evangelist.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That sounds like an actual job title, that works alongside a React Ninja. What do you do, exactly?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Oh, that isn't my actual title, I just wanted to mix together a pair of the more ridiculous trends.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

My first job was as an “engineer”.

I spent most my time resetting passwords and setting up Outlook…

[–] grue 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wait so you’re telling me I’m NOT an engineer?

Are you licensed by the state? There's your answer!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

These days it's more "do you have an engineering degree from an accredited University."

The vast majority of engineering diplomas are not in licensed areas.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Iirc it’s full blown illegal to call yourself an engineer in Canada unless you’re a licensed engineer. Meaning that if you marketed yourself as a software engineer without an engineering license, you could technically get in trouble. Not that I think they really enforce that for “Software Engineer”.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm an analyst. I've never analyzed anything.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'm an architect, I've never designed a house.