Not engineer.

At least here in Germany, engineer is a protected profession. Other than that: All of the above.

Interesting. In the US, all kinds of jobs are called engineers

Yeah, same in the UK. Really annoyed me that the plumber, electrician… etc were all engineers. In Germany it’s as protected as calling yourself doctor, which ultimately affects how people view the profession and the salaries they command

I mean, it’s a protected term in Canada too but it doesn’t necessarily lead to higher salaries.

My cousin who’s an electrician made about as much as I did as an electrical engineer, and I left electrical engineering to be a software developer because it paid more.

I left aeronautical engineering to become a software “engineer” for similar reasons, salary and work culture. Actual engineering pays quite terribly in the UK, it’s a fair bit better in Germany or the US from what I hear.