>How can Software Engineers call themselves engineers

I always wondered the same thing, even now, az a so-called Lead Software Engineer. Frankly I call myself a programmer and that's it, maybe a "manager of sorts" now that I'm a "lead". I don't want to assume what others are doing, maybe engineering level work, but I'm rather an overpriced jack of all trades myself, who happened to have a nicely paying trade as a hobby, and an agreeable personality to sell it.

Architect is another glorified software position. Millenia of architects pushing the limits of human technology, often bearing huge responsibility for their plans, just so that later I can come in, advise my client to use the AWS vendor lock-in vehicle, and call myself an architect.