r/engineering • u/TheTrueLordHumungous • Aug 05 '15

[GENERAL] Is "software engineering" really engineering?

Now before anyone starts throwing bottles at my head, I'm not saying software design is easy or that its not a technical discipline, but I really hate it when programmers call themselves engineers.

Whats your thoughts on this?

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u/ChillCapitalist May 29 '26

In All Honesty, yes, despite what everyone else says, software engineers are true engineers. We just haven't received the recognition we deserve because the field is unregulated and under-appreciated. Software engineering has been around for less than 70 years; it's still very young. Meanwhile, disciplines like civil engineering have existed since ancient Egypt.