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The barriers to AI engineering are crumbling fast

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250 points lewq | 1 comments | 14 Nov 24 14:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source
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JSDevOps ◴[14 Nov 24 15:05 UTC] No.42136819[source]▶
Is anyone instantly suspicious when they introduce themselves these days an "AI Developer"
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pjmlp ◴[14 Nov 24 15:32 UTC] No.42137171[source]▶
Yes, just like "Data Engineer" for knowing how to use Tableau or doing OLAP queries.
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Ldragon27 ◴[14 Nov 24 16:35 UTC] No.42137904[source]▶
Are you saying that true Data Engineers typically do more than just use Tableau or run OLAP queries, or do you see the title 'Data Engineer' itself as a bit of a red flag these days? I’m pretty early in my career and was leaning toward Data Engineering, but hearing stuff like this makes me wonder if going for SWE might be smarter.
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pjmlp ◴[14 Nov 24 17:07 UTC] No.42138306[source]▶
For starters, Engineer only makes sense if the person actually holds an engineering degree, taken at an institution validated by the Engineering Order.
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JohnFen ◴[14 Nov 24 17:15 UTC] No.42138435[source]▶
That's a legalism that isn't universal. Personally, I think that anyone who engages in engineering is logically an engineer. Maybe not a certified engineer, but an engineer nonetheless.
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1. Eisenstein ◴[14 Nov 24 20:45 UTC] No.42141029[source]▶
"The creative application of scientific principles to design or develop structures, machines, apparatus, or manufacturing processes, or works utilizing them singly or in combination; or to construct or operate the same with full cognizance of their design; or to forecast their behavior under specific operating conditions; all as respects an intended function, economics of operation and safety to life and property"[1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering