Ask HN: What advice would you give to a newly-minted senior software engineer?

I’ve refused to refer to myself as a “software engineer” for four decades. I stick with “programmer” or “analyst” depending on the work. I don’t hold other titles against people who use them. The actual engineers I know have degrees and professional certifications that allow them to use the title, kind of like “doctor” or “professor.” That’s never the case with software engineers, who are programmers and/or analysts. I don’t say “developer” either. One time I used that in conversation and everyone thought I was in the business of building strip malls or condos.