[bee_rider]

Programmers write the code, though. A better name might be "software legislator." Given that lots of us work on top of a giant, partially-understood heap of frameworks and libraries, that might actually be a more appropriate name than Software Engineer.

[wlesieutre]

What about writing code for decentralized contracts, since contracts are lawyery but I’m writing software and have no formal legal background or credentials? Surely no one would object to me using the term “lawyer” for that!

[bee_rider]

I dunno actually, do you need to be a lawyer to write a contract? I think anyone can do it, right? You just might screw yourself over by missing an edge case or writing an unenforceable contract.

[wlesieutre]

You don't, though it's not necessarily a wise idea. But you definitely don't want to market yourself as a lawyer if you aren't one.

Nor do you need to be an engineer to do a lot of things, but for whatever reason that's considered fair game.