I said exactly the same thing in 1983 at a very liberal college in a computer class, to the horror of my classmates and professor. Seriously... same kind of umm... tone, context and reveal.
I have heard this pronounced at least three times since the 90s. These are the words of middle managent. Guess who turned out to be redundant. Tell me you dont know what software engineering is without telling me you don't know what software engineering is.