[batch12]

My dad called himself a 'computer software engineer' in the early '90s. I don't think it's only a decade old.

[contrarian1234]

In the 90s it sounded pretentious and people used to joke about it. In the early days of Google they tried to label themselves as engineers to set themselves above the rest of silicon valley. It was a way to try to signal that their work was somehow more technical