[m12k]

Engineering is the cumbersome real world tweaking and trial-and-error that engineers do after they take over from the scientists, in the hopes of finding techniques that will let them produce something robust and useful in the real world. Seems to fit the reality pretty well here, to be honest.

[sdfsdflkss]

> Engineering is the cumbersome real world tweaking and trial-and-error

That's not the only a part engneering.

Engineering is finding a model that can acurately predict the dynamics of a system similar to yours, using that model to make predictions about your specific system and then building and testing that system. This is then done iteratively (i.e trail and error).

Just tweaking a system without a model of how it works is not engineering, it's tinkering.

[3xnl]

> the cumbersome real world tweaking and trial-and-error

There are very many fields and activities that do just that but are not called Engineering.

If we go by that, Excel users should also be referred to as Excel Engineers,

[Art9681]

Language is not mathematics and constantly evolves. All you need to do is look up the etymology of the word to understand why your dissaproval is ultimately a waste of effort. The one thing that has remained consistent since the word's inception is that it is associated with operating or implementing machinery or technology in general.

[3xnl]

Reading a three page document to understand how to format questions for model should not lead it to be referred to as Engineering

> Language is not mathematics and constantly evolves. All you need to do is look up the etymology of the word to understand why your dissaproval is ultimately a waste of effort.

I have noticed from replies that term is already enjoyed by all stakeholders, so I have no energy, time or interest to show my worthless disapproval anywhere else. You should though look up how it came to be referred to as prompt engineering. You will be surprised