Your comment seems pretty elitist. It's clearly implying that Software Engineers aren't real engineers. I'll admit, not every software developer designs and builds engines (see definition of engine) but many Software Engineers, in fact, do. The principles of engineering are simply applied sciences. Many software engineers have degrees in Computer Science and they are applying the science. I also know plenty of Software Engineers that have Engineering degrees as well. So I guess I'm just wondering why exactly you feel the need to "normally" correct OP? Real question, not trolling. I just want to to understand.
I think you misunderstood him, as others have noted, however I do agree that Software Engineers tend to diminish their own skillset as not "engineery" enough. And I have a very hard time understanding why.
I work with many kinds of engineers, every day, from electrical to mechanical, and I do not find their way of working any more advanced than what I have become used to from disciplines of Software Engineering.
I look at some of their math and think magic. They look at my code and think magic. However, anything else seems pretty much the same. We do iterative development, they do iterative development, although less sophisticated and with much longer feedback loops, so they have higher incentives to get designs right the first time - but that does not mean that they always do!
I didn't understand it that way, they expected the list to be software engineering specific (touching topics like Git, CI/CD, etc), but the title gave off the impression that it would be helpful for engineers across all disciplines.
Not sure that I agree. I think said comment is more of an observation that software engineers have a larger representation here than other engineering disciplines, but this list isn't exclusively beneficial to software engineering principles.
But you can't deny there is a pervasive overuse of the label 'engineer' to cover everything from junior web developers with < 1 year experience all the way to senior roles at major companies. The label has an important meaning to non-technical readers and should be used more sparingly.
A mechanical engineer with < 1 year of experience likely has a degree in Engineering, which has been certified by a professional body. In some countries that's a requirement for using the term "Engineer".
