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As someone not in tech, I have no idea how to refer to my tech friends' jobs (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

But, we're not talking about formal titles. We're talking about job titles. I've never heard of someone called "Engineer Jones", just "Mr. Jones who is an Engineer".

If you're a doctor of musical theory but you work in human resources as a clerk and someone asks you for your job title, you don't say "Doctor Clerk", you say "Clerk".

So, if you're trained as a Civil Engineer but you changed careers and are now writing javascript, are you a Software Engineer, whereas someone with a Computer Science degree can't claim that title?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I draw the line at using just "Engineer". The word Engineer has baggage, it means something pretty specific already. If you engineer something other than physical structures you should list what that something is, like Software Engineer or Network Engineer.

Train Engineer is a bit confusing because they also have historical claim to "Engineer" but no longer have the same electrical and mechanical education afaik. Correct me if I'm wrong!