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[โ€“] MsPenguinette@lemmy.world 111 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I tell people I'm a software engineer but in reality I'm a config file engineer

[โ€“] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Eh. Software is just data too. It's about solving problems with systems using those systems and other systems and that's software engineering. It's recursive and wherever you are in the stack you're standing on the shoulders of giants, and you're still doing engineering. ๐Ÿ’ช

[โ€“] ensignrick@startrek.website 5 points 2 years ago

Lol. Legitimately.