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[–] MsPenguinette@lemmy.world 112 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

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

[–] chameleon@kbin.social 67 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Jaccident@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

Careers Fair; 2024

Teen: “Excuse me; how do I become a Tech Lead like you someday” Lead: “By simple luck of the draw I am the best at googling other people’s solutions to my team’s YAML config issues.”

[–] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 26 points 1 year 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. 💪

[–] ensignrick@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago

Lol. Legitimately.