It undermines a long tradition of designing and building infrastructure in the public interest.

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.

  • ilega_dh@feddit.nlEnglish
    3·
    7 hours ago

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

    • faercol@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      3·
      6 hours ago

      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.