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You could take it up with Cisco, who have been certifying "Network Engineers" for decades.

I get your complaint; my father is a fully qualified and slightly/weirdly eminent electronics engineer (and IEEE member), so from a young age I've been made aware of the sanctity of the term in that context.

But the term has been used in other contexts for a long time, and most people understand the distinction.

It's not a hill worth dying on. Best save your energy for more important battles.

There is a difference between being an engineer and holding a license (e.g., PE) from some organization.

In some jurisdictions the title "engineer" is protected because it does imply that the person is licensed.

Does your state recognise software engineering as a chartered profession?

I'm not sure there even is an exam in the US you can take any longer for software engineering. [1]

[1] https://www.nspe.org/resources/pe-magazine/may-2018/ncees-en...

Added: So, basically the grandparent registered on HN so they could leave comments about how people without PEs shouldn't be allowed to call themselves engineers.