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Re:Meta is about to start its next round of layoffs by pjmlp on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @03:21AM (#35625316)
Only if they have a degree allowing themselves to call that.
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Re:Meta is about to start its next round of layoffs by horsawlarway on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @08:51AM (#35627500)
Software engineer isn't a protected title in the US.

My cat can legally be a software engineer - no degrees required.

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Re:Meta is about to start its next round of layoffs by pc86 on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @09:48AM (#35628086)
Honestly probably wouldn't even be in the bottom 10% skill-wise, either.
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Re:Meta is about to start its next round of layoffs by pjmlp on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @10:07AM (#35628336)
Unfortunely, it only devalues the qualities that the word actually means in practice.
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