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2022 (245 points, 162 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34095775

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2016 (154 points, 147 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12548043

2014 (102 points, 44 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8147008

2012 (51 points, 46 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4822015

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Funny, because in Canada “engineer” (the term used with zero abandon in TFA) is a regulated term and calling yourself an engineer in a professional setting when you are not licensed can get you a nice 50k fine.

I’ve only met one programmer in my entire life who actually was licensed engineer.

I call myself a “computer systems architect and implementation specialist”, which won’t get me in trouble and uses buzzwords that mostly describes my day-to-day at my own $DAY_JOB. But come on, let’s be real - I’m a programmer.