>The same is true for actual engineers, like the ones that build bridges. But although we often call ourselves engineers, a lot of us don't act like it.

Because software is the wild west. Maybe there's some exceptions in medical tech, but there's no license at risk nor ethics assossiation to be ousted from (nor to vouch for us) if one day we receive something like: "hey, we need you to triangulate and calculate the parameters needed to bomb this children's hospital. Get to it".

Either we do it and go along with our day. Or we don't and get moved or fired.