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As someone not in tech, I have no idea how to refer to my tech friends' jobs (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Here in Canada you can't call yourself an engineer unless you are a qualified and licensed engineer. So most people have to call themselves "developer". When you see someone calling themselves a software engineer it should mean something.