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Programmers: Stop Calling Yourselves Engineers (www.theatlantic.com)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by drd@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Old, but fun read that argues that today's programmers are not like typical Engineers and shouldn't really call themselves that as Engineering requires certification, is subject to government regulation, bear a burden to the public, etc.

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[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've always used "software engineering" to refer to the other stuff that comes alongside actual development, like version control, testing, CI, debugging, code review, release management etc.

[–] rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You've forgot the actual "engineering" parts which distinguish programmers from engineers: requirements engineering, software architecture and complex problem solving

[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 days ago

Yes, yes. Hence etc.