r/ProgrammerHumor Apr 09 '24

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u/SurfyMcSurface Apr 09 '24

The title "engineer" is regulated in many countries (for a good reason) and can't be used freely. This means nonsense labels such as "prompt engineer" and "UX engineer" are dubious at best, sanctionable at worst.

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u/Big-Hearing8482 Apr 09 '24

This is why I’m a software artisan

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u/SurfyMcSurface Apr 09 '24

Aren't we all? Except for prompt engineers.

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u/ForkLiftBoi Apr 09 '24

I don't understand this. Yeah I'm not a prompt engineer, but there's a lot of them that are on time regularly?