• peopleproblems@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    CS isn’t, but software engineering takes strict approaches to design and development for safety critical systems. I’m not talking about finance applications however.

    I’m talking about like flight control computers, valve assist device controllers, medical lab automation and notification systems, weapon platform communication systems.

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      1 year ago

      I’d even be a bit more generous and say that any coder could be considered a software engineer if they take a formalized approach to development, strictly due to the fact that there really isn’t an official certifying delineation between those who work on systems requiring a formal approach and those who don’t. This contrasted with, for example, an electrical engineer and somebody who learned all the same things from their electrical engineering parent and does it as a hobby.