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Re:Why Cities: Skylines 2 performs poorly by ghaff on Sunday November 05, 2023 @03:55PM (#38155549)
That's a very idealistic black-and-white view of the world.

A huge number of roles casually use the "engineer" moniker and a lot of people who actually have engineering degrees of some sort, even advanced degrees from top schools, are not licensed and don't necessarily follow rigid processes (e.g. structural analyses) on a day to day basis.

As someone who does have engineering degrees outside of software, I have zero problem with the software engineer term--at least for anyone who does have some education in basic principles and practices.

Re:Why Cities: Skylines 2 performs poorly by rat9988 on Sunday November 05, 2023 @04:44PM (#38155962)
I have yet to see, with the exception of the software world, engineering with such loose process.
Re:Why Cities: Skylines 2 performs poorly by ghaff on Sunday November 05, 2023 @05:13PM (#38156177)
As someone who was a mechanical engineer in the oil business, I think you have a very positive view of engineering processes in general.
Re:Why Cities: Skylines 2 performs poorly by nvm0n2 on Monday November 06, 2023 @10:11AM (#38163636)
It's common to start constructing buildings before the design is even complete. And there can be huge "tech debt" disasters in civil engineering. Berlin Airport is one famous example.
Re:Why Cities: Skylines 2 performs poorly by ghaff on Monday November 06, 2023 @12:44PM (#38165868)
>It's common to start constructing buildings before the design is even complete.

Of which the Sydney Opera House is one of the better known examples.