It depends who I'm talking to and where I live. Where I live, engineer is a protected title and requires certification/etc so that takes it out of the race. That leaves the other options. Generally I am a Web Developer to people my age or younger, to people older than me I am usually a Computer Programmer but also sometimes a Developer or Software Developer instead. Realistically, I am a Full Stack Website Developer.

Referring to my job doesn't get any easier even as someone in tech.

[–] cole@lemdro.id 8 points 8 months ago

Lives ARE on the line. It was faulty software that caused the Boeing 737 Max to crash twice, killing 346 people. Software runs your car, the trains, rockets, literally everything.

[+] seth@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

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[–] Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

At least in civil, the reason is because the professional engineer (PE) stamps all plans and assumes responsibility for said plans by doing so. Plans cannot be built without a stamp. This is the case because someone has to be found liable if a bridge should kill people, and it shouldn't be the technicians, designers or EITs under the PE, because they don't make nearly as much. With great pay comes great liability.

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Not only a certification, but in Italy you need to be registered to a register/bar and pay a yearly fee in order to be an engineer.

It's like being a lawyer in some ways.

[–] Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

All engineers not just civil?