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Cake day: July 14th, 2023

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  • I’d say a pretty safe definition of engineering is applied physics. No, most software engineers are just programmers, particularly ones working in web framework or apps. Software engineers that apply software to manipulate/interact with physical phenomenon, those people are engineers: such as control loop engineers/roboticists, embedded swe, flight instrument/telemetry engineer. I’m not trying to gatekeep the word, but too many people think that they are engineers because what they are doing is hard. Statistics is hard, Chemistry is hard but see a fine distinction between economist, quantitative trader and data scientist or chemist, pharmacist and chemical engineer. Software is hard, but it’s eeriely the only profession where everyone is so hung up on being called an engineer.


  • Mastodon has went through a similar bump, but more recently has had some larger figures begin usage (local government broadcasts, b-level ‘thought-leaders’/‘influencers’, etc). In order to get to the next level, lemmy needs to show it can survive test of time and is worth the effort to establish an online profile. For example, reddit has corporate organizations creating and maintaining subreddits which act as an avenue for community engagement. Having active community engagement leads to advertisement, which can be a double edged sword, but useful if pursuing ‘growth’ metrics. I’m not sure what the lemmy devs (or it’s users) have planned for this.