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I’m sure if you looked into the etymology of ‘sanitation engineer,’ it might have seen its creation in parody of the US practice of euphemistically calling their programmers lofty titles like ‘software engineer.’ The idea is that you don’t need to call yourself by your actual title if you’re ashamed of it, you just need to call yourself a “(name of industry) engineer” and that becomes a catch-all for all position names in the industry even when it’s not helpful to anyone trying to communicate the actual requirements. A Marine Engineer and a Hull Technician are two very different jobs, and a lot can get wet if I’m looking for the latter but they’ve hung their shingle out as the former.
It’s becoming the same with designers. Actual designers get a pretty pissy when the rich housewife suddenly starts calling herself an “interior designer” because she took an online course from Home and Garden magazine. Interior decorator, please.
Sanitation engineer is just to fancy up the title. Technician is a much better euphemism.
I’m sure if you looked into the etymology of ‘sanitation engineer,’ it might have seen its creation in parody of the US practice of euphemistically calling their programmers lofty titles like ‘software engineer.’ The idea is that you don’t need to call yourself by your actual title if you’re ashamed of it, you just need to call yourself a “(name of industry) engineer” and that becomes a catch-all for all position names in the industry even when it’s not helpful to anyone trying to communicate the actual requirements. A Marine Engineer and a Hull Technician are two very different jobs, and a lot can get wet if I’m looking for the latter but they’ve hung their shingle out as the former.
It’s becoming the same with designers. Actual designers get a pretty pissy when the rich housewife suddenly starts calling herself an “interior designer” because she took an online course from Home and Garden magazine. Interior decorator, please.