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Re:CMU CS Academy: a free online computer science curriculum... by fragmede on Thursday February 16, 2023 @03:12AM (#34816255)
Don't we? Off the top of my head, there's front end, there's back end, there's DevOps, there's kernel devs, there's low-level embedded devs, there's database people, there's data scientists, there's ML people, scripting language people, video game engine programmers.
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Re:CMU CS Academy: a free online computer science curriculum... by Jensson on Thursday February 16, 2023 @08:42AM (#34818442)
But all of those got the same degree and usually the same job title, they specialized on the job and not in their education. That is very different from engineers.
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Re:CMU CS Academy: a free online computer science curriculum... by wheelinsupial on Thursday February 16, 2023 @10:49AM (#34820210)
Where I am, engineers have a discipline which is their undergrad major (e.g., mechanical, electrical, civil) and a practice area which is on the job specialization within the discipline (e.g., HVAC, pressure vessels, pipelines).

Software engineering is a licensed branch of engineering in many places, so I don't think it's that different from other disciplines.

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