>cynical: concerned only with one's own interests and typically disregarding accepted standards in order to achieve them

Indeed you are, for calling software developers “engineers” meanwhile software development is actually writing, so they are more closer to writers than engineers.

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mettamage a day ago | parent | next [-]

I disagree with your view. It’s the thinking needed that makes it engineering, especially when you have a lot of constraints (massive scale, low latency, etc.).

Consider this: math is mostly doodling some glyphs on paper, so clearly it is closer to drawing than engineering.

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s5300 16 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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bdangubic a day ago | parent | prev [-]

> especially when you have a lot of constraints (massive scale, low latency, etc.)

there are roughly 0.082% of software "engineers" that deal with these constraints or have to "think about them"

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chasd00 a day ago | parent [-]

To be fair most actual engineers just copy paste from a previous project (MEP engineers in architecture) or just look up numbers or equipment in a table (every structural engineer I’ve known). A vanishingly small percentage of any engineer (software or otherwise) are actually doing what most people think as “engineering”.

	▲	bdangubic a day ago \| parent [-]
		this type of comment will get you downvoted here faaaast… ;) bunch of “engineers” here engineering and shit

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wiseowise a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Do you also say this shit in real life?