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Programmers: Stop Calling Yourselves Engineers (www.theatlantic.com)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Old, but fun read that argues that today's programmers are not like typical Engineers and shouldn't really call themselves that as Engineering requires certification, is subject to government regulation, bear a burden to the public, etc.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

No worries. Think I'll call myself an author as the source code is a text that can amount to a copyrighted work.

Hopefully this will not conflict with another field and and we can put this issue to rest.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

It's literally common practice to refer to the person who wrote some code as the author of it.