IIRC you can't actually use the title "Engineer" prefixed or not without having a P.Eng license here in Canada. Of course, that didn't stop my previous American employers from giving me the title of Software Engineer but it's not supposed to be allowed

[–] SorryQuick@lemmy.ca 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Which is completely stupid, you can perform engineering without having paid the order and it doesn’t feel like there’s any other word that explains the job quite as easily.

Looking up synonyms though it seems I could legally call myself a “software mastermind”, “software plotter” or “software captain”.

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I do agree partially but I also get wanting "engineer" to be a protected term. I think software design is probably one more valid uses of the term but I think applying it to everything ain't it (I.e. sanitation engineer).

Tbh I'm happy enough just having a Software Developer title

[–] SorryQuick@lemmy.ca 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I mean it’s fine, but development is only one part of engineering, which is why I don’t like the term.

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 4 points 15 hours ago

That's fair... lately I've been more of a Kubernetes configurator than a developer so I get you

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I've looked it up and this is definitely the case, I've also had both Canadian and American employers refer to my position this way continuously with no repercussions (I similarly have an engineering degree in another field and was an eit and am now in software).

It's weird because if the provincial engineering societies were serious about enforcing their rules, it would take them ZERO effort to find thousands and thousands and thousands of violations through like a single LinkedIn search. The fact that they dont put in such a minimal amount of effort kind of signals they don't care about the rule.