I get this is satire but people truly believe this. Web devs literally create software that runs nearly every facet of modern life.
this post was submitted on 02 Mar 2024
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This is not a new kind of policy for Tinder. In the past, PhDs in Social Sciences were banned for impersonating 'doctors'.
How were they impersonating doctors? How does Tinder verify any of these claims?
First of all, it's a pretty obvious joke.
In this case, the joke is: "people with a PhD are doctors. It's a doctorate. But the field of social sciences is not real science, and thus shouldn't count as a doctorate."
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Now this is the kind of 'news' I'd like to see posted on hackernews just to read their techbro shit takes.
What if they are actually a software engineer, with a cert? >_>;
I have worked with actual cert'd engineers on web projects, lol
with a cert
Engineering isn't usually a cert. It's a degree. I have a Bachelor of Engineering, majoring in Software Engineering. There's probably a cert level qualification in software development, and frankly it's probably just as good at producing effective software developers as an engineering degree, but it would be misleading, if you claim that only those with some particular qualification can call themselves engineers, for the qualification to be a cert.
In Canada the Cert and the Degree are separate.
You typically through getting your degree also become certified, but the key is while your degree lasts forever, the Cert has to be maintained and renewed.
Cert has a lifetime and expires and you have to keep it up to date.
In Alberta for example the regulatory authority is APEGA: https://alis.alberta.ca/occinfo/certifications-in-alberta/engineer/
I think even technically the license is also a separate piece of paperwork.
Degree: you completed school at some point
Cert: up to date on current practices, must be maintained, requires the degree
License: you are legally allowed to practice in the province/country and have registered. Requires degree+cert
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This is a new satire site, right? These days it's getting harder and harder to differentiate between reality and fiction in tech. The rest of their posts are pretty much spot on.
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I mean who cares? But also why? My old job title was "software engineer" and I just did web dev.
it's satire
can we ban web developers who call themselves "developers"?
also php programmers who call themselves anything?
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