ShrimpsIsBugs

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[–] ShrimpsIsBugs@programming.dev 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

But the developer doesn’t need to provide support if you opt to use your own data storage and the storage itself fails. Google would be the one to contact if Google drive has an issue.

Well yes, but that's not how your average user thinks and acts. They will either a) contact you as the developer of the app that doesn't seem to work and when your say it's not your fault give you bad reviews or b) directly give you bad reviews.

I still haven't adopted to this git switch thing

[–] ShrimpsIsBugs@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I kinda like the boxed corals

[–] ShrimpsIsBugs@programming.dev 11 points 2 years ago (11 children)

You either don't know what binary search is or you completely missed the context of this conversation

[–] ShrimpsIsBugs@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Similar but with the obvious difference that it's 100 % going to the moon, smh

[–] ShrimpsIsBugs@programming.dev 33 points 2 years ago (4 children)

2044 - Blockchain is adopted as the global standard for financial transactions.

So you're telling me only 20 years until my Shiba Inu Moon Coin will finally make me rich?

[–] ShrimpsIsBugs@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What's wrong with postman?

Well idk the details in that specific case, this was just the first example I found. My point is, that different countries, states and institutions disagree on this matter. There is no universal rule that defines what you need to have achieved to call yourself an engineer.

[–] ShrimpsIsBugs@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

another is regulatory requirements by jurisdictions to be able to legally assume a role.

This is exactly what I mean with "this depends on the country you live in". Different countries have vastly different regulatory requirements. Taking UK as an example, you can call yourself civil engineer all day long without having to worry any legal consequences because there simply is no such thing as a licensing system for engineers.

[–] ShrimpsIsBugs@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

As a former civil engineer who now works in software, "software engineer" irks me. "Engineer" means you're supposed to be licensed

This really depends on the country you live in. In some countries you need a license, some need you to have some kind of university degree and others don't care at all. So we cannot really use that measure as a definition.

By that definition almost all people who call themselves software engineers would be wrong. That doesn't automatically mean, you're wrong though.

Personally, I disagree with your definition of software engineers needing to directly interact with hardware stuff in order to be engineers. Wikipedia defines software engineering as

the application of systematic desciplined, quantifiable approach to development, operation and maintenance of software and the study of these approaches; that is, the application of engineering and computer science to software.

So it's all about the systematic approach to complex systems, not about whether or not you directly interact with hardware interfaces.

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