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How IT People See Each Other (tesseract.dubvee.org)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by ptz@dubvee.org to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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Not OC: Just found this on my old hard drive while grabbing some other stuff.

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[-] li10@feddit.uk 55 points 8 months ago

Job titles in IT don’t mean anything these days.

In particular, the term “engineer” has been butchered beyond recognition.

[-] nick@midwest.social 28 points 8 months ago

Wait so you’re telling me I’m NOT an engineer?

Agreed. I usually say developer because I view engineers as people who do actual engineering. I’m more of a plumber who fits pipes (pieces of software) together.

[-] 0x0@programming.dev 21 points 8 months ago

Digital archaelogist here.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 11 points 8 months ago

Warm greetings to you from the Customer Success Evangelist.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 8 months ago

That sounds like an actual job title, that works alongside a React Ninja. What do you do, exactly?

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

Oh, that isn't my actual title, I just wanted to mix together a pair of the more ridiculous trends.

[-] li10@feddit.uk 7 points 8 months ago

My first job was as an “engineer”.

I spent most my time resetting passwords and setting up Outlook…

[-] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Wait so you’re telling me I’m NOT an engineer?

Are you licensed by the state? There's your answer!

[-] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

These days it's more "do you have an engineering degree from an accredited University."

The vast majority of engineering diplomas are not in licensed areas.

[-] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago

Iirc it’s full blown illegal to call yourself an engineer in Canada unless you’re a licensed engineer. Meaning that if you marketed yourself as a software engineer without an engineering license, you could technically get in trouble. Not that I think they really enforce that for “Software Engineer”.