[vlovich123]

Definition of software engineering I got from DuckDuckGo: The application of scientific and mathematical principles to practical ends such as the design, manufacture, and operation of efficient and economical structures, machines, processes, and systems.

> "Being able to understand the business of the customer and create software that helped them do that easier." I don't consider that software 'engineering' necessarily.

Economical and efficient processes and systems to help someone figure out how to do their business would seem to fall under that definition, no?. I’m curious if you did attend engineering school because part of my curriculum in being part of an accredited engineering curriculum was classes that explored what it’s like being an engineer. You have to prioritize public safety first, integrity of being an engineer second, making sure the business succeeds and providing your advice third.

I disagree with OP in that learning languages does help you be a better engineer. It broadens your exposures to different ideas and cost effective ways to write code to solve those problems so that you can make better recommendations. That’s equally as important (perhaps even more in the beginning of a career) to being a well rounded engineer as is understanding business needs and matters enough that dismissing it as “I could do the same thing in Bash” kind of misses the forest through the trees because technology choices to impact cost to build, test, maintenance, ability to hire talent, cost to train people, etc etc.