Is it just me that thinks calling it "Engineering" is absolutely ridiculous?
> Solving problems using rules of thumb that cause the best change in a poorly understood situation using available resources.
Have you tried getting great, repeatable results out of an LLM? It requires great depth of knowledge - about both how LLMs work and the specific topic you are trying to build against - plus a methodical process in figuring out what works and what doesn't.
I see no reason not to label that "engineering".
I also think it's important to distinguish between prompting and prompt engineering. Prompting is when people type prompts in a box. Prompt engineering, by my own definition, is when developers build further software on top of LLMs.
Then again, I’m a software engineer that doesn’t consider my job engineering and I hate the title.
If we accept your definition. Then I am a food engineer, I am my own human engineer, I am a coffee engineer, I am child engineer, I am a dog engineer.
The word engineer has lost all meaning and this looks like title inflation.
it’s just like the search tool engineers that would engineer the string to put in your google search
/s
2. It looks great on LinkedIn.