why do most programmers work so hard at pretending they're engineers?
In my experience, this is a regional thing. For my first ten years in the industry (on the east coast), I never met another programmer who called herself an engineer. We were "analysts," "developers," or "programmers." Then I took a job with a local company with a tech office in SV, and everybody, including some of the testers, were "engineers" (hey, even I'm an engineer now!).
In my experience, this is a regional thing. For my first ten years in the industry (on the east coast), I never met another programmer who called herself an engineer. We were "analysts," "developers," or "programmers." Then I took a job with a local company with a tech office in SV, and everybody, including some of the testers, were "engineers" (hey, even I'm an engineer now!).