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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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[–] ilega_dh@feddit.nl 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yep, but only the Dutch word is protected so we just use English titles everywhere

[–] faercol@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Same in France. Anyone can call themselves a "software engineer". But the title of "engineer" (ingénieur) is specific for people who graduated from a school allowed to deliver engineering degrees.

[–] ilega_dh@feddit.nl 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In Dutch it’s also ingenieur, I wonder where we got that from

[–] weker01@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

It comes from the Latin word ingenium.