The trend extends to other words. Sometimes I hear Programmers calling themselves Computer Scientists or Computer Engineers [1] [2] [3] when in different cases they are a Developers or a Hacker. Which they get wrong too. You are what you are. of you're acting another role you should state that you're playing that role not that you are.

Ex. Computer Scientist, who can fill the role of a Programmer.

This discussion keeps popping up [4] [5] , but the definitions are clear. I believe there's a Wikipedia article somewhere that explains all the differences.

[1] In Puerto Rico [2] http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/undergrad/academics/degrees/cs-vs... [3] http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer [4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5936652 [5] http://blog.hartleybrody.com/hacker-developer-engineer/