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superuser2 on Aug 15, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: NASA Systems Engineering Handbook (2008) [pdf]

As "engineer" replaced "programmer," "systems programmer" became "systems engineer" (working on platforms for the applications engineers).

DashRattlesnake on Aug 15, 2016 [–]

I think that trend has played out slightly differently than you describe. Where I work "systems engineer" is more akin to "system admin."

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