As someone not in tech, I have no idea how to refer to my tech friends' jobs - eviltoast
  • explodicle@local106.com
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    8 months ago

    How come they don’t count? They’re figuring out how the machines should work, for money. That’s engineering, right? (I’m an American mechanical engineer)

    • floofloof@lemmy.ca
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      8 months ago

      In Canada you have to be qualified and licensed to call yourself an engineer. There are people who can use the title “software engineer”, but it’s not the majority of people working in development.