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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by cm0002@toast.ooo to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"Medical" doctor. You've moved the goal posts.

Computer engineer. Software engineer. Train engineer. The qualifier is what let's you differentiate. Your claim is that the generic term only covers a subset of how people use the word.

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 1 points 2 weeks ago

I stated that doctor was a protected title and it is, my lack of specification matters not.