Why The Shortage Of UI Engineers Is Going To Get Worse

Re:Why The Shortage Of UI Engineers Is Going To Get Worse by omouse on Thursday October 21, 2010 @07:54PM (#1817975)

lolwut, they aren't engineers. Maybe "engineers"

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Re:Why The Shortage Of UI Engineers Is Going To Get Worse by karanbhangui on Thursday October 21, 2010 @09:25PM (#1818200)

I don't know why you're being downvoted, but an engineer is a legal designation. Would you call Dr. Dre a doctor?

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Re:Why The Shortage Of UI Engineers Is Going To Get Worse by dgabriel on Friday October 22, 2010 @01:40PM (#1820599)

It seems to be a legal designation only in Israel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_engineering#Profession . Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

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Re:Why The Shortage Of UI Engineers Is Going To Get Worse by karanbhangui on Friday October 22, 2010 @07:25PM (#1821927)

That's sort of the point. Engineer is a term thrown around, from QA to UI designers. While their positions are no less important to a company, calling them engineers is just wrong.

Also, you can get a true 'engineering' degree in software in Ontario, Canada (UWaterloo)

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Re:Why The Shortage Of UI Engineers Is Going To Get Worse by catshirt on Thursday October 21, 2010 @09:36PM (#1818231)

yes

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Re:Why The Shortage Of UI Engineers Is Going To Get Worse by sp4rki on Thursday October 21, 2010 @08:32PM (#1818085)

So a person that creates software for the web is not a Software Engineer?

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