Software Engineer is a professional that uses Software Engineering and all of its engineering principals during all phases of software development. Too bad this was only achieved once in all of recorded history.
That hacker called himself a software enginer.
That coder thinks she is a software engineer.
Those programmer wishes they were software engineers.
I am the only software engineer I know that is why we don't have a union.
That coder thinks she is a software engineer.
Those programmer wishes they were software engineers.
I am the only software engineer I know that is why we don't have a union.
by joepa February 17, 2004
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to consistently produce software based systems
that are acceptable against the needed criteria
(reliability, maintainability, security, safety,
efficiency, usability) in a cost effective way.
to consistently produce software based systems
that are acceptable against the needed criteria
(reliability, maintainability, security, safety,
efficiency, usability) in a cost effective way.
by Matt Sharpe February 5, 2004
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by Brother Bryan February 1, 2004
Get the software engineer mug.A self grandiose term to describe an industry which actually has no engineering foundations. Often filled with examples of Dunning Kruger, Conway's Law, Narcissism and Elitism.
by mactel March 12, 2017
Get the software engineering mug.A Software Dandy is someone who has all the latest games and cool software just to show-off. They have a huge number of non-pirated games and "killer apps" and they will never let anyone borrow from them.
A) "Wow! has that guy got a load of software I want, or WHAT ? I bet he's some kind of games wizard !"
b) "Jeez, he's just a Software Dandy - and he knows jack about any of them games"
b) "Jeez, he's just a Software Dandy - and he knows jack about any of them games"
by Regis Bognor February 7, 2006
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by SoftwareDevOps October 30, 2022
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IBM announces it creates 1,500 new Software Engineering jobs (but they don't disclose it's in freaking india or china).
by MaxCool February 8, 2004
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