@zkatkat my I agree with all of this.
My tl;dr has always been "Engineers are licensed. Software developers are not engineers."
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@xgranadeCassandra Granade 🏳️⚧️ @zkatkat you have said that "Engineers are licensed". this is demonstrably false. only a small subset of engineers are licensed, and software is not unique here https://alvarado.social/@dave/116143330556853574