No dogs were harmed in the making of this app

Re:No dogs were harmed in the making of this app by batch12 on Friday November 03, 2023 @10:54PM (#38137702)

My dad called himself a 'computer software engineer' in the early '90s. I don't think it's only a decade old.

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Re:No dogs were harmed in the making of this app by contrarian1234 on Friday November 03, 2023 @11:47PM (#38137982)

In the 90s it sounded pretentious and people used to joke about it. In the early days of Google they tried to label themselves as engineers to set themselves above the rest of silicon valley. It was a way to try to signal that their work was somehow more technical

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