When an undergrad says "I'm an engineer" there is no debate, it's a case of lying. Nobody can begin their studies and skip to titles. Nobody starts law school and calls themselves a lawyer. Nobody starts an undergrad and calls themselves a scientist.

The only people who do this are children who wickedly mispurport themselves to facilitate authority and look smart. It's the definition of being a charlatan.

Are you sure you're not under sensitive to people straight up lying and denigrating an entire, important industry full of folks who actually waited to graduate and work in the field before dubbing themselves a professional?