Comment by pjmlp
1 day ago
Well, I have been well served by I.G. Metal, by working in industries they also covered.
Also I have yet to meet anyone doing agency work, that started as Azubi, Quereinsteiger, BWL,... and would sign any document or call themselves Engineers, like it is so very common in US out of a plain bootcamp.
I don't think Software Engineers in the US would sign any documents that expose them to legal liability as a professional engineer either.
It's still not clear to me from this discussion whether the term "Software Engineer" is legally protected in Germany (or any other European country) or if it's just a cultural convention.
The distinction is basically, if a software developer started a consultancy developing custom software solutions and called the company XY Software Engineering, would they be penalized for false advertising if they didn't have professional engineering qualifications?