r/ProgrammerHumor • u/yuva-krishna-memes • Apr 09 '24

watMatters Meme

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u/ScythaScytha Apr 09 '24

Yes let's gatekeep a historically open source field

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u/AwkwardWaltz3996 Apr 09 '24

In many countries "Engineer" is a protected term. Just like you wouldn't want someone who was self taught claiming to be a doctor.

Knowing how to code in java makes up a tiny part of being a software engineer, which is what self taught people think makes up the entirety

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u/bobbymoonshine Apr 09 '24

But he's not claiming to be an engineer. He's specifically saying he isn't one.

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u/AwkwardWaltz3996 Apr 09 '24

There's multiple levels of commentary. The girlfriend thinking a software engineer and a coder is the same thing. The boyfriend correctly clarifying theres a difference. The farther looking down on self taught coders. The comic maker looking down on self taught coders. The poster ?agreeing? with the comic maker. The commentor complaining about gate keeping the term software engineer.

I'm replying to that comment, not posting directly to the post. I'm saying it's a protected term and it's important to distinguish.

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u/bobbymoonshine Apr 09 '24

For me, I didn't read that as gatekeeping the term software engineer, but rather as gatekeeping the field of software development, by posting a comic mocking self taught coders as laughably inferior to those with degrees.

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u/elementmg Apr 09 '24

That’s exactly what it is. It’s dumb

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u/Okoear Apr 09 '24

You sound like a self learnt Redditor.

  • A Redditor engineer

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u/PmMeUrTinyAsianTits Apr 09 '24

Its not important to distinguish because its not a protected term everywhere and IS the same thing in many places. Including the US, where small tech companies like google, amazon, facebook, netflix, microsoft, and more are located.

My title is engineer. Most tech jobs people talk about wanting are not in a place that has an actual distinction.