What is it with software developers who take such offense at the use of the word &quot;engineer&quot;?  Clearly, you&#x27;re not a &quot;real&quot; engineer, or you&#x27;d know that your statement about the use of the word &quot;engineer&quot; in titles was wrong in the US (and Canada doesn&#x27;t use the FE exam).<p>I&#x27;ve never met a engineer who gave a crap what my title was, software developer or software engineer.  Which isn&#x27;t a surprise, since we pose no threat to the jobs of &quot;real&quot; engineers.  Not sure why the word is so threatening to some software developers.<p>Do railroad engineers have to put up with this?