Field Service Engineer 

Basically a blue collar worker who makes white collar money, is smarter than 99% of people he works with, and they will openly admit this to him.
You basically have to be fucking exceptional in: electrical, mechanical, hydraulics, pneumatics, water systems/plumbing, PLC troubleshooting, and diplomacy.
Also, you get to sleep in nice hotels, drive brand new rental cars, and fly first class, all for completely free, and you are treated like a hero wherever you go, because you fix important shit. The ultimate bachelor life.

Operator says "Yo, the machine was fucked up for months, but we called the Field Service Engineer and he got it running like brand new in a day. Damn that was one smart mothafucka."

Manager says "I need to offer that guy a job, he can replace my whole maintenance department!"

Field Service Engineer says "Fuck that, I make too much money to give up nice hotels and fancy rental cars and first class air travel every couple of days. Let alone I can find a new tinder date every week!!!"

Field Service Engineer by Crazyjuggerman February 16, 2022

softboi engineer 

An atypical software engineer, who doesn't identify with the leetcode grind, goes on tinder dates and does things outside of being a techies.

boy: ya I do yoga and tarot cards. I don't wanna talk about my tech job.
girl: you're a softboi engineer

softboi engineer by tres_brando May 13, 2022

associate software engineer

A software engineer who's getting paid in peanuts and whose primary responsibilty is to provide fellatory favors to middle and upper management.

Don't worry about cleaning those beer bottles up, thats why we hire associate software engineers.

associate software engineer by Tito Rhen January 17, 2007

Software Engineer

Someone with big brains and who works his freaking tail off and is going to be (or has already been) laid off, just to be replaced by some low-life and low-wage counterpart in india, so greedy corporations can increase their margins and offer a crapper service.

IBM announces it creates 1,500 new Software Engineering jobs (but they don't disclose it's in freaking india or china).

Software Engineer by MaxCool February 8, 2004

software engineer

A career option that seems like the road to riches until graduation, when realise that the job market has been supersaturated with fellow geeks for the past five years.

Also: for the above reason, a slang term for a male 20something worker in a fast food restaurant.

"Of course, with a masters degree in software engineering, it was either flipping burgers or the dole queue again on Monday morning."

software engineer by Doc January 28, 2004

software engineer

Euphemism for unemployed. It's a useful title to give women in clubs instead of admitting that you spend all day playing Xbox games. Many people think software engineers make a lot of money.

"Hi, can I buy you a drink?"
"Sure, what's your name and what do you do?"
"I'm George, I'm a software engineer."
"Oh, really!"

software engineer by Schmucky The Cat January 31, 2004

software engineer

a person with such a depressing job that unless mindlessly devoted, will kill himself by self-strangulation intra-cubicle before the age of 35.

See also Office Space

software engineer by medaeval February 6, 2004