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As someone not in tech, I have no idea how to refer to my tech friends' jobs (lemmy.world)
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[–] d41@startrek.website 17 points 5 months ago (18 children)

I have the words "software engineer" in my job title but I hate it.

We aren't engineers, we're a bunch of undisciplined hackers, engineers have standards and ethics.

Programmer is my preferred term, or software developer.

Code monkey is also acceptable.

[–] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Engineers put a lot of work into figuring out ways to sidestep their standards and ethics

[–] AnarchoSnowPlow@midwest.social 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Good ones don't.

[–] Kindness@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

A tau. Moral engineers don't sidestep their morals.

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