That’s not what I said.

I have more experience in “software engineering” than most on here. In fact I’ve had more years of experience than some of you have been alive. So the snarky comment you made about my experience is unwarranted.

I just find it amusing that people call themselves engineers when the code they produce is so far removed from the level of rigour one would expect in literally any other engineering industry (and I say that as someone who also has bantams friends who are actual engineers). If engineers built bridges and buildings to the same standards that many developers write code, then people would die.

Likewise for labs. I’ve worked in AI startups and the science departments are not something one would think of when you say “laboratory”. I get why the term is used, but it’s still amusing.

I know language isn’t static. It’s something that evolves, like how a “computer” used to refer to a person rather than a thing, but that doesn’t stop me from being amused. But maybe the real issue here is I take myself less seriously than others so I have that capacity to be amused by the titles I’ve held?