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What is the correct terminology? Scientist? Programmer? Coder? I like scientist so I wanted to use that. Maybe wear a white lab coat.
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2017-12-02, 03:29 AM #1Old God
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If I have a computer science degree, can I refre to myself as a scientist?
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2017-12-02, 03:32 AM #2The One Sane Man
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Someone with a Computer Science degree is no more a scientist than someone with a PhD is a philosopher.
Originally Posted by Kokolums
What you call yourself depends on what you DO, not on what you KNOW.
I'm a systems analyst and software engineer, and I have a BE degree and no BCompSci degree.
So - what do you actually do ?
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2017-12-07, 08:51 PM #3The Undying
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Don't you at least have to have a doctorates before you call yourself a scientist? And work in research or something?
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2017-12-07, 09:03 PM #4Pit Lord
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Call yourself whatever you want, we will just laugh at it and move on. I've seen some RIDICULOUS email signatures in business emails with their "degrees" even for some glorified assistants. People always want to be the big fish in a small pond *hint hint*.
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2017-12-07, 09:05 PM #5Immortal
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Is the word scientist protected?
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2017-12-07, 09:06 PM #6Scarab Lord
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More so work in research rather than a specific degree. I work with scientists who only have a bachelors, some who are masters, and some with their doctorates. Originally Posted by Hubcap
No, but that wasn't the question. It was about how to accurately refer to themselves insofar as their profession is concerned. I can refer to myself as a praetor, but its not an accurate description of what I do. Originally Posted by Elba
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2017-12-07, 09:09 PM #7Dreadlord
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Not sure. Many people who did not have a formal academic doctorate still contributed vastly to the scientific community, Michael Faraday being one of the most obvious examples. Originally Posted by Elba
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2017-12-07, 09:10 PM #8Deleted
Found my degree, and it literally says: "... and hereby has the right to call himself cand.scient. in computer science. Master of Science (MSc) in Computer Science candidatus scientiarum".
Normally just call myself a programmer, IT-consultant, backender or database guy.
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2017-12-07, 09:11 PM #9Titan
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You can't use logic with elba. He'll just call you racist or something. Originally Posted by Arikan
Kom graun, oso na graun op. Kom folau, oso na gyon op.
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2017-12-07, 09:12 PM #10Banned
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Well, no... but you could call yourself a "science guy" like Bill Nye. Originally Posted by Kokolums
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2017-12-07, 09:13 PM #11Scarab Lord
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But that's not an accurate description of my job either. Originally Posted by the game
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2017-12-07, 09:14 PM #12Titan
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He doesn't care. He'll still call you it. Originally Posted by Arikan
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2017-12-07, 09:17 PM #13Elemental Lord
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QFT Originally Posted by schwarzkopf
If you're doing research in the field, sure, you can call yourself a scientist. If you are like me, using your CS skills to produce software, not a scientist imo.
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Am I the only one who took this as a joke? Which I expect is how Elba meant it. Originally Posted by Elba
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2017-12-07, 09:17 PM #14Stealthed Defender
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Programmer or coder would be the most accurate term. Originally Posted by Kokolums
Scientists (at least ones who aren't scamming people or involved in faking something) are people who are systematically trying to acquire knowledge that describes and predicts things in their area of interest. As a programmer, that definitely would not include you.
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2017-12-07, 09:18 PM #15Over 9000!
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As far as I know you have to do research within a certain academic field before you can call yourself a scientist in that field.
Like if you work as a researcher at a computer firm then you could refer to yourself as a scientist in that field.
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2017-12-07, 09:19 PM #16The Unstoppable Force
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You don't need a degree to be a scientist
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2017-12-07, 09:20 PM #17The Gnome Smasher
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If you have a bachelors in science you're a scientist, yes.
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2017-12-07, 09:37 PM #18The Unstoppable Force
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There's no licence or board protecting the word "scientist" where I am. I could call myself a scientist because I do chemistry every day in a kitchen.
Here's the catch: I don't call myself a scientist, even though my undergraduate degree is a Bachelor of Science, because I don't consider what I do to be science.
A working person with a degree in Computer Science is probably better described as an engineer. /shrug.
But, you can call yourself anything your morals and ethics and the law will allow you to. So, you can't be a lawyer or accountant, but you certainly can be a scientist if that's what you call it.
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