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Re:Programmers should stop calling themselves engineers (2015) by pjmlp on Sunday May 26, 2019 @05:36AM (#20014024)
Some countries do require certification, just like doctors.
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Re:Programmers should stop calling themselves engineers (2015) by amelius on Sunday May 26, 2019 @06:49AM (#20014256)
Then I think there should be something like the Hippocratic Oath, but for engineers.

"I swear by Hephaestus, god of technology, that I will write only software that causes no harm to humans, and does not infringe on their privacy ..."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocratic_Oath

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