“Turtle” Software Learner-Engineers Are Software Engineers Nonetheless; and Most Software Engineers Experience “Turtle-hood”

Image / Video Caption : The YouTube screenshot and video link of my talk, (paraphrased: …): “Pep-talk For Turtle Coders” ———————————————————————- Part A: “The journey of a thousand steps…” A-1) First, perhaps we should try to settle a question that software-engineers and engineer-aspirants debate ad-infinitum. The Question, Modified: “ Who (should be allowed to, does—) call themselves ‘genuine’ software-engineers ? ” __>> I-for-one, i.e., this author (Seif Sekalala) don’t quite know. But there are perhaps some rules of thumb. One: can you call yourself a professional engineer, just because you can make the code editor “Hello world!”? Am I (—Seif) an engineer? Answer: Barely, but yes. Mostly though, I am a PMP-certified project manager with a wide repertoire of coding skills—-i.e. languages, source-control, wire-framing, UX-UI, and yes, the basics of databases and backend ops. ———————————————————————- How did I learn all that cool stuff? [👆] ___>>> A-2)-i; Answer / Proof 1: My solid ass