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>"I am a passionate self-taught engineer, extreme introvert, science-nerd, anime-lover, college dropout" Is engineering not a profession? How can you be an en

• throawayalwayz 11y ago
  Software engineering does not require a degree at an accredited engineering school
• freehunter 11y ago
  Engineering is a profession and a title, separately or together. You can graduate with a degree in engineering, at which point you can call yourself an engineer no matter what your job is. Or you can have a job with the title "engineer" at which point you can call yourself an engineer for as long as you have that job title. My job title was engineer for a while, then I switched to consulting. When people asked what I did two years ago, I said "I'm an engineer". Now I say "I'm a consultant". It doesn't matter what my degree is.
• jonshariat 11y ago
  If companies pay you to engineer their products, youre an engineer.
• trav4225 11y ago
  Yeah, there's a fair bit of controversy on this topic. In California at least, I believe that the use of the title "engineer" is regulated by the so-called PE act: http://www.bpelsg.ca.gov/laws/pe_act.pdf Regarding public opinion, I myself have a degree in "Computer Science and Engineering" and have worked as a "software engineer" for 21 years, but my engineer friends don't consider computer engineering to be "real engineering", and my scientist friends don't consider computer science to be "real science". :)