Old, but fun read that argues that today’s programmers are not like typical Engineers and shouldn’t really call themselves that as Engineering requires certification, is subject to government regulation, bear a burden to the public, etc.

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    11 hours ago

    It’s literally common practice to refer to the person who wrote some code as the author of it.