[adityab]

For what it's worth, in Germany the title of Engineer is regulated and the correct term for those who write software (which goes in the contract) is "Software Entwickler" (Entwicklung means "development"). There's a few more complications here that I don't know very well.

I don't completely agree with this because serious engineering work on software happens in many industries. But most software jobs clearly do not fit the description nor the implied seriousness of an engineering role.

Other things that grind my gears:

1. The way the "Data Scientist" title is casually thrown around for those who are neither scientists nor know statistics. Everyone has a different idea of what the term means and (worst of all) feel that it probably applies to them.

2. "Tech" is a contraction for technology but people in the software industry (especially Americans) seem to use the term solely for Software.

[guitarbill]

Definitely true in Germany, I think it's also true in Australia and a few other places. However, the title "software developer" is also really common in English. Maybe even more common than "software engineer".

[eru]

I think "Data Scientist" is alright, you just have to keep in mind how fragile and rackety lots of actual scientific code is.