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As someone not in tech, I have no idea how to refer to my tech friends' jobs (lemmy.world)
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[-] dan@upvote.au 5 points 8 months ago

"engineer" is different to "programmer". A programmer writes code, while an engineer does more than that, including system design and architecture.

[-] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz -1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

A programmer can call themselves an engineer if they want. In my country there are no laws against it.

Therefore it doesn't matter what you call yourself.

[-] sleeped@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

In Canada the term "Engineer" is a protected title that only registered professional engineers may use. Claiming to be an engineer without such credentials is considered equivalent to claiming to be a doctor of medicine; It constitutes fraud.

That being said, I see all the time employers and employees, seemingly ignorant to this law, post "Software Engineer" in job titles.

Registered professional engineers in the software development space is a rare occurrence.

[-] rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 8 months ago

There are many countries where there is a law against it. Maybe the USA isn't one of them.

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