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[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago

You're arguing that words don't mean what many people use them to mean. Most service desk techs that I know have "computer engineer" in their LinkedIn.

And that's coming from me, a person with a B.E. in computer engineering. I hate that it is what it is, but it is.

[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's because they're lying idiots, not computer engineers. I can call myself a beutiful woman, but that doesn't make it true, nor would me calling myself a beutiful woman EVER change what "beutiful woman" means to others.

[-] Kanda@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

You should watch the movie "Bruce Almighty"

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago

That's my point. What it means to others is key. There are more "computer engineers" than actual computer engineers. The way language works, and by volume, the phrase is now accepted as overloaded. You can't cling to the first definition in the dictionary and say the second definition is a lie.

[-] cole@lemdro.id 4 points 1 year ago

this is definitely not true. Computer Engineering is a relatively common major even

[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

No, that's not the way language works. No, that's not how education or degrees or engineering works, either.

You would have to fundamentally change the meaning of several well established words before "computer engineer" will EVER actually refer to tech support.

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Language is however people communicate, fam.

And in the corporate IT space, we hire hundreds of "computer engineers" to do laptop builds.

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