In your opinion what’s the difference between the two? In my opinion both terms are frequently used interchangeably in the workplace.
But I’d like to consider myself as an engineer, because although I don’t consider myself to be good at it, I think I cares about the software that I worked on, its interaction with other services, the big picture, and different kinds of small optimizations.
I mean, what is even engineering?
Finally: professional engineers who engage in title snobbery are often accused of “ring knocking”, as if they were physically knocking their iron ring against a desk to point out the size of the dick on top of their shoulders.