“Programmer” isn’t a protected title, so everyone and their grandma can be a programmer. You don’t even need any actual experience or knowledge on the topic.
Just don’t go around calling yourself a “software engineer” or anything like that, as it’s a protected title and therefore comes with some prestige, but also means that people expect you to have certain skills.
Ah, I was wrong. I just checked and it appears that engineer isn’t protected per default (as you stated).
I was thinking about “Civilingeniør” (literal translation would be “civil engineer”, but that is no faithful translation), which everyone who graduates a MSc. in engineering in Denmark receives, and which is at least protected locally.
No worries. We have a similar situation here in nl where “ingenieur” is a protected title, but professional bodies have shown zero interest in policing all the “engineers”.
If you use it to make software that you or other people can use, it’s programming.
I’m not interested in mediating what “real” programming is, or who gets to call themselves a “real” programmer.
Also, there’s no real difference between “coding” and “programming”, it’s just a different, shorter word for the same activity.
“Programmer” isn’t a protected title, so everyone and their grandma can be a programmer. You don’t even need any actual experience or knowledge on the topic.
Just don’t go around calling yourself a “software engineer” or anything like that, as it’s a protected title and therefore comes with some prestige, but also means that people expect you to have certain skills.Protected where and by whom? Most software engineers aren’t PEs.
Ah, I was wrong. I just checked and it appears that engineer isn’t protected per default (as you stated).
I was thinking about “Civilingeniør” (literal translation would be “civil engineer”, but that is no faithful translation), which everyone who graduates a MSc. in engineering in Denmark receives, and which is at least protected locally.
Thank you for calling me out.
No worries. We have a similar situation here in nl where “ingenieur” is a protected title, but professional bodies have shown zero interest in policing all the “engineers”.
I’m not one
Ok