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To quote you,

>> It's the title of the job: Engineer.

From the dictionary: "Engineer: a person who designs, builds, or maintains engines"

Hopefully you see the point I'm making? Just because you think a job title means something, and just because that's an accurate historical meaning, doesn't mean that the job title retains the same meaning today.

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I did say software engineer. It would be equally absurd to claim that a civic engineer or chemical engineer would be responsible for building an engine.

> It would be equally absurd

Yes, that was my point. Your argument -- that a professor should be expected teach in classrooms a lot because they're called a professor -- is absurd :-)

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