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		jamiek88 on Jan 30, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook will shut down its controversial market r... We expect all engineers to care and most people, who call themselves engineers take a course of ethics as part of their certification. It’s an ongoing source of debate and confusion as to what Software ‘Engineer’ means.

chillacy on Jan 30, 2019 [–]

Engineers do (like civil, mechanical, electrical) but most software engineers come from a CS background, where there isn’t as much focus on professional ethics.

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