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by codingdave 1792 days ago
No, we're not engineers. If anything, the prevalence of that term has taken away the truth of what we do. There is a lot of logic and analysis in our work, and it does require an understanding of how some systems work, but ultimately we are artisans, not engineers, and it would be better if our titles expressed as much.

"Software Artisan" sounds cheesy, but I never minded the good old "Software Developer" title.