This thread on Hacker News terrifies me

[Kagamin]

On Friday, 31 August 2018 at 21:09:21 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
>> Some countries do have engineering certifications and 
>> professional permits for software engineering, but its still a 
>> minority.
> [...]
>
> It's precisely for this reason that the title "software 
> engineer" makes me cringe on the one hand, and snicker on the 
> other hand.  I honestly cannot keep a straight face when using 
> the word "engineering" to describe what a typical programmer 
> does in the industry these days.

Huh? I'm pretty sure they mean it was a management decision. Why 
do you blame engineers for doing what they are asked to do? 
Making them write code properly is as simple as paying for 
exactly that.