Little did she know, the term would be co-opted by guys changing the color of a button on a web site.

doginasuit 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

And gate-kept by just as many. I wonder what she'd take more issue with. My understanding is she wanted to elevate people who work on software, not draw a line around it.

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Dylan16807 an hour ago | parent [-]

If I had the option I would prefer the term "engineer" be gatekept.

Terminology can help elevate something that's often overlooked, but if every programmer gets called a "software engineer" there's no way to distinguish the special stuff.

	▲	altmanaltman an hour ago \| parent [-]
		So are you okay with actual engineers having a problem with the term used in software since you support gatekeeping? Engineer is a term that was used far before software was a thing. So if you support gatekeeping, you should let engineering refer to "actual work" not "code" and find a new term that doesn't engulfs the "original meaning". Or just accept terms change as society and technology does.

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onion2k 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

And then other guys made frontend dev tooling so complicated that it does actually require a software engineer to change the color of a button.