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Re:The boring technology behind a one-person Internet compan... by croh on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @01:06AM (#20991775)
Dear, for your sake only, I am pasting this definition straight from wikipedia -

Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build, and test machines, systems, structures and materials TO FULFILL OBJECTIVES AND REQUIREMENTS WHILE CONSIDERING THE LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY PRACTICALITY, REGULATION, SAFETY, AND COST.

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Re:The boring technology behind a one-person Internet compan... by ksec on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @04:03AM (#20992765)
The exact reason why most software engineers aren't really engineers.
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Re:The boring technology behind a one-person Internet compan... by ficklepickle on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @12:27PM (#20997077)
Yes. This. There are only 700 software engineers in my province. I'm pretty sure not many are working on front end web development. Yet every front end job posting is "engineer". Just no. You don't get to call yourself a doctor because you are medically-inclined. Same applies to engineer.
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