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It itches me when people get pedantic about what to call things and take it upon themselves to define what an "actual" engineer is.

From Wikipedia: Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the limitations imposed by practicality, regulation, safety and cost.

What part of this does not apply to software engineers? They can't go to jail therefore they're not engineers? What bullshit gatekeeping.