engineer does have a specific meaning outside of software. You can't call yourself a professional electrical engineer unless you've taken certain classes, passed certain standardized tests, and worked under the instruction of other professional engineers for a certain time period. (If someone has a PE after their name, that means they've been certified as a professional engineer)
I've even gone so far as taking (and passing) the test to be a professional computer engineer. But lost interest when I realized it was mostly electrical engineering with a few computer related questions. (And zero software questions)
"Software engineer" on the other hand has been abused and doesn't have specific meaning. Its mostly meaningless to distinguish between the titles as they are currently used...
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engineerdoes have a specific meaning outside of software. You can't call yourself a professional electrical engineer unless you've taken certain classes, passed certain standardized tests, and worked under the instruction of other professional engineers for a certain time period. (If someone has aPEafter their name, that means they've been certified as a professional engineer)I've even gone so far as taking (and passing) the test to be a professional computer engineer. But lost interest when I realized it was mostly electrical engineering with a few computer related questions. (And zero software questions)
"Software engineer" on the other hand has been abused and doesn't have specific meaning. Its mostly meaningless to distinguish between the titles as they are currently used...