[OJFord]

In many countries it has legal meaning, and you can't just say you're an engineer, if you're not.

(I'm not from one of them, fwiw. I had AEG send out an 'engineer' to replace a piece of plastic on a dishwasher; I've been emailed by 'customer support engineers'.)

I don't think it's a 'get over yourself' thing though, SWE is fairly unique in industry in not making a distinction between engineers and technicians. I actually think the rise of LLMs might take us there, not necessarily the terminology, already abused as it is, but the distinction in roles between what were architects and senior+ engineers, and overseeing machinery.

[coolKid721]

People using words in a way you don't like isn't abuse

[OJFord]

I disagree with the premise, but even accepting it, isn't it? Isn't any abuse - physical abuse - just something we decide as a society isn't acceptable?