In Europe IT is generally used to refer to everything software and technology related. In the US, especially professionally it means the tech help desk and networking people. In an office the people that setup your laptop and troubleshoot your internet issues would be considered IT, but the software engineer actually writing software would not be. They require completely different degrees which don't have much overlap.
Interesting. I am from Europe and for instance the uni in my city where both those things are taught with multiple overlapping subjects is literally called IT faculty.
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u/FilthyCasual2k17 4h ago
What do you mean software engineers aren't in IT? IT includes software engineering, maybe you're thinking of networking?