Engineers in U.S. vs. India

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Steve Mynott wrote:

> Jim Dixon wrote:
> 
>> The term 'engineer' is far from precise; in the UK most people who work
>> with tools can be called engineers but people who write software 
>> generally
>> are NOT called engineers. There are further complications: for 
>> example, in
> 
> 
> I have had jobs as a "software engineer" in the UK and since the dot com 
> bubble this hasn't been an uncommon job title.
> 
> The UK tends to follow US fashions very closely importing in titles like 
> CEO and CTO and the term "software engineer" is no different.

Yes, but...

the word "engineer" as used here by most people measns someone who 
fixes machines. If I go to somebody's ofice and they say that I'm 
"the engineer" pride makes me say no. I'm not an engineer, I'm a 
programmer. Different think entirely

If I had to describe what I do I'd call myself a "systems 
programmer", even though that isn't  exactly what my job title is.

I'd avoid the word "engineer" because to most people it implies 
the bloke of the street who knows how to put a replacement PC card 
in, but to a few it implies some professional status and formal 
discipline, neither of which I have had anythign to do with.