Tinder to ban web developers who use 'engineer' in their bio
Tinder to ban web developers who use 'engineer' in their bio
Tinder, a dating app, has recently updated its Terms of Service. Among minor bureaucratic modifications, one major change aims to battle impersonations. From now on, Tinder will ban web developers who claim to be 'engineers'. While backend- and other types of software developers seem to be unaffecte...
cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/10877951
Tinder to ban web developers who use 'engineer' in their bio
I know this is a joke but it can cause real problems. In Canada Engineer is a protected term, so if your customs agent is feeling like being a dick and you put "Software Engineer" instead of your official title (Mine is "Software Engineering Developer") and you aren't a licensed engineer you can get your visa denied and get royally fucked.
[PDF] Here's the Engineers Canada Stance on it.
What fucking hard asses
PDF warning.
Yeah my bad, I've edited it to mark the PDF
I presume this is a c-rate attempt at parody given the sub.
It's super cereal you guys
Something tells me you have an opinion on js frameworks
Listen, putting 'Web Developer' isn't any worse than putting 'Software Engineer' in your tinder bio. Either way, you've fucked up.
Why? What should I put?
“I have money”
Rizz
The struggle is real. When I look for engineering jobs, more than half the results are software and I have yet to find a great way to filter them out.
What about those with a Bachelor of Engineering with a major in Software?
@basketball stars There is a genuine fight. More than half of the engineering job listings are from software companies, and I still haven't figured out how to get rid of them.