>Software engineer applies computer science theory in real world where he she is constrained by real world factors

A good 90% of people with that title are flying blind as if they lived the wild west

A good 90% of the rest almost never do that (regardless if because they don't know how, or the company won't let them)

The rest will make the news of they fail, so they put an amount of effort and time which reflect that

We skipped the "mechanic" equivalent in the software industry and call anyone that can pass fizzbuzz, and who does work like fizzbuzz, an engineer

Software engineers do a lot of tinkering, and almost no engineering. Which is fine by me, actual engineering is a PITA and tinkering is where the fun is at