| ▲ | grebc an hour ago |
| I never understood why actual engineers(eg. Civil) have not complained more that programmers/coders stole that title. |
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| ▲ | indoorfish an hour ago | parent | next [-] |
| they have, loudly and repeatedly, it doesn't really make it very far on HN for obvious reasons. |
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| ▲ | grebc an hour ago | parent [-] | | Not sure it’s obvious reasons, but understandable, sure. When someone questions your credentials the default is to tell them to jump, whether that’s a good idea or not. | | |
| ▲ | Jensson 4 minutes ago | parent [-] | | HN removes every post that doesn't get upvotes, especially if they get lots of comments. |
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| ▲ | satvikpendem an hour ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Why would they care? And a lot of them turned to coding anyway. |
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| ▲ | cush 44 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Because Engineering is an incredibly rigorous discipline and title that requires so much work to obtain. It’s like a massage therapist calling themself a doctor. Computer Science isn’t Engineering. |
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