Software engineer is an abused title because people that dabble with software for employment want to sound capable. Yes, if the word engineer is in the title you should be able to do formal research and write natural language research findings that contain compared measurements. Most software developers cannot do that on even the smallest levels.
Really, just setting a baseline, if you lack a masters in computer science education you are not a software engineer. I am capable of doing research but I wouldn’t call myself an engineer. I have relatives that are engineers though.
Software engineer is an abused title because people that dabble with software for employment want to sound capable. Yes, if the word engineer is in the title you should be able to do formal research and write natural language research findings that contain compared measurements. Most software developers cannot do that on even the smallest levels.
Really, just setting a baseline, if you lack a masters in computer science education you are not a software engineer. I am capable of doing research but I wouldn’t call myself an engineer. I have relatives that are engineers though.