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As someone not in tech, I have no idea how to refer to my tech friends' jobs (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

"engineer" is different to "programmer". A programmer writes code, while an engineer does more than that, including system design and architecture.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

A programmer can call themselves an engineer if they want. In my country there are no laws against it.

Therefore it doesn't matter what you call yourself.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

In Canada the term "Engineer" is a protected title that only registered professional engineers may use. Claiming to be an engineer without such credentials is considered equivalent to claiming to be a doctor of medicine; It constitutes fraud.

That being said, I see all the time employers and employees, seemingly ignorant to this law, post "Software Engineer" in job titles.

Registered professional engineers in the software development space is a rare occurrence.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

There are many countries where there is a law against it. Maybe the USA isn't one of them.