Eh, not all software engineering is made equal. To work on engineering real time communications systems, banking systems, or transit systems and low level infr

Eh, not all software engineering is made equal. To work on engineering real time communications systems, banking systems, or transit systems and low level infrastructure, you definitely need some chops. To design and build out core network infra at the web giants, chops also certainly required. To build out a basic crud app, pwa, or the next feature in the massive products that major companies ship? Yes you need some understanding but it really isn't that difficult or onerous. TBH if you ask me the profession always had a problem where the term "engineer" was a tad over applied. The boot camps are mostly churning out people who can write basic apps, not (hopefully) anyone being placed into a a senior IC and systems design role.