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What's something that seems obvious within your profession, but the general public seems to misunderstand? (lemmy.world)

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 76 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Also, that software engineer and IT are not interchangeable terms

[–] Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 27 points 5 months ago

"I'm a software engineer, not a printer whisperer"

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

^ This. So much this. I’m a software engineer, and people will ask me IT questions about software I have no clue how to use.