Author here. I do, in fact, have an engineering degree.
But I guess your comment is more about yourself rather than me.
But I guess your comment is more about yourself rather than me.
FWIW, I have a Bachelor of Software Engineering, accredited by the Australian Institute of Engineers.
And to say the truth, it’s all just part of the game. 12 years ago I called myself programmer or web developer. But when the industry popularized the term Software Engineer, I went with that, because in the end I wanted to be hired, rather than dealing with semantics of the word “engineer”.
FWIW, your bullshit title is just as bullshit as everyone else's bullshit title. It's what you do that matters. Most programmers / software developers / software engineers are garbage at their job, and I give it about a 0% chance that your accredited software engineering degree means you're any less likely to be garbage too. The guys who walk around talking about how they have a Bona Fide Microsoft Partner Certification (BFMPC) are usually the worst coders of all. You realize that they literally just called it "Engineering", right? Some universities call it "Engineering" and some don't, that's just a word they decided to use. You're literally claiming to be better than other people because your college called it "Engineering" instead of "Science". That's the kind of person you're deciding to be.
Anyone can get through school; it's meaningless. And it's meaningless that your college happened to pick the word "Engineering" for your degree. My local colleges distinguish between "computer engineering" and "computer science" as the former being more focused on logic gates and C, and the latter being more focused on type theory and high-level programming languages. That's all it is -- a focus.
The only titles that matter are those that can be revoked, like a medical license, the Bar Association, or a Professional Engineer's license (which is not the same as simply having graduated with the word "Engineering" in your degree), because at least then you know the person is less likely to be literally dangerously unqualified. But I'm guessing your Superior Better-Than-Everyone-Else Bachelor of Software Engineering Accredited by the Australian Institute of Engineers isn't something they'd revoke if it turned out you didn't know a for-loop from your own asshole, is it?