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Re:Too Many Managers: The Strategic Use of Titles to Avoid O... by dgb23 on Friday February 03, 2023 @05:56PM (#34648990)
I’d like to push back on this a bit. I’m a programmer, but I don’t cobble things together. I talk to customers and collaborators, make plans, find solutions and write code.

It’s not engineering but it’s engaging, good work.

I get what you’re trying to say. But it feels wrong to me personally to describe this work as you did.

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Re:Too Many Managers: The Strategic Use of Titles to Avoid O... by Spooky23 on Friday February 03, 2023 @06:32PM (#34649371)
Grumpy engineers always grouse about this.

I was a consultant at a big engineering organization. They used to huff and puff about the integrity of engineering process etc. but all of the work was done by “engineering technicians“ for 40% of the pay.

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