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

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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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enkers@sh.itjust.works
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You can, but if some cries out “Help I need a doctor!”, please don’t volunteer yourself. ;)

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Womble@lemmy.world
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FWIW doctor comes from the latin for “I teach” and has been used by acedemics since the 12th centrury. Its usage meaning physician is a lot more recent.

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If someone cried out “I need to engineer a web application and work with a whole group of people to bring it about” I happily would though because I’m an engineer even though I don’t have a degree

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