Re:I will not be using LLMs in my coding
by incrudible on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @01:22AM
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> Which is why none of us have or want job titles with "programmer" in them; even juniors are junior software engineers.
The title "software engineer" is just a bullshit name that sounds more important - for the same task. Very few programmers work like real-world engineers. There is no licensure or liablity, there is no legal code. If a real-world engineer makes a mistake in a design that causes structural failure, they're on the hook.
We sure added lots of processes and practices to make it seem like we're more diligent about what we're doing, but none of these are empirically verified (or verifiable in practical terms).
The title "software engineer" is just a bullshit name that sounds more important - for the same task. Very few programmers work like real-world engineers. There is no licensure or liablity, there is no legal code. If a real-world engineer makes a mistake in a design that causes structural failure, they're on the hook.
We sure added lots of processes and practices to make it seem like we're more diligent about what we're doing, but none of these are empirically verified (or verifiable in practical terms).