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[–] shapis@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I'd never admit it irl or to anyone I know because it's petty. But it bothers me when cs people refer to themselves as engineers.

Referring to themselves as scientists would seriously be a step past that.

[–] Para_lyzed@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It really depends on the individual case. There are many CS professions where the title "engineer" or "scientist" is incredibly accurate. I believe that is a minority of course, and further depends on how broad your definition of "cs people" is. There are specialties within the incredibly broad field of computer science that require education in classical engineering, as well as specialties that focus on research and experimentation with the scientific method.