Yeah, same in the UK. Really annoyed me that the plumber, electrician.. etc were all engineers. In Germany it's as protected as calling yourself doctor, which ultimately affects how people view the profession and the salaries they command

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I mean, it's a protected term in Canada too but it doesn't necessarily lead to higher salaries.

My cousin who's an electrician made about as much as I did as an electrical engineer, and I left electrical engineering to be a software developer because it paid more. Engineering paid more than being an electrical technician / designer, but not by a huge amount.

[–] omgitsaheadcrab@sh.itjust.works 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I left aeronautical engineering to become a software "engineer" for similar reasons, salary and work culture. Actual engineering pays quite terribly in the UK, it's a fair bit better in Germany or the US from what I hear.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

US much better than Germany I’ve heard!

[–] emberwit@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago

Software yes, actual no

[–] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Hmmm. But all the people around me working in software studied multiple years in an Engineering field. In my case, I studied a 5-year industrial engineering and two masters afterwards; I feel very comfortable wearing the "software engineer" or more accurately "robotics engineer" badge.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

During the 2008 recession, a lot of Uber drivers had engineering degrees. I guess we should start calling Uber drivers engineers too.

[–] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 1 points 8 months ago

No, that's precisely the opposite of my point. If you drive an Uber, you're an Uber driver. People are "CEO" or "Judge" despite nobody having a CEO or Judge degree. Your profession is what you do, not what you happened to study in your teens to get there.

[–] rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Softwareingenieur darf man sich nennen, wenn man ein mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliches Fach studiert hat, wo Informatik dazugehört. Somit ist Software Engineer oder Softwareingenieur die korrekte Berufsbezeichnung für alle mit einem Bachelor/Master oder höher in Informatik.

[–] emberwit@feddit.de 0 points 6 months ago

Dann muss man schon auch als solcher tätig sein, sonst nicht.