> I do not give a shit about a label and have none in a software field. Just MSc in physics. I design and implement products and I have long list of clients happy with my work. This helps me find new contracts. You can call me a shrub if you wish. I still get paid.

Don't bother, the people you are answering to, the "engineers", are concern trolls who want to become gatekeepers that will force you to have an "software engineering license" they control to do your job, that's their ultimate goal, they are corporatists.

Imagine needing a freaking license to deploy an app, Communist China style, These people are cunning and come to every thread where somebody screws up to push their anti free market agenda. Don't waste your energy arguing with them, call them out.

In Europe calling yourself an enginner without having a proper title can send you to jail, because an actual Engineer has civil duties and accountability on civil causalities.