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"Don't call yourself an engineer (e.g. software engineer) if you got a CS degree."
by JonFish85 11y ago
"Don't call yourself an engineer (e.g. software engineer) if you got a CS degree."
- learc83 11y agoIn some countries, you can't. Those countries decided that preserving the meaning of "Engineer" was worth it. In the US we mostly haven't done this, so you end up with all kinds of ridiculous job titles with engineer added on. This is probably exactly what will happen with the term developer, and we'll have to move on to using something else.
- kl4m 11y agoIn Canada, it's actually illegal to do so.
- YZF 11y agoI don't think this is actually true, e.g.: http://www30.rhdcc.gc.ca/CNP/English/NOC/2006/Profile.aspx?val=0&val1=2173 http://www30.rhdcc.gc.ca/CNP/English/NOC/2006/Profile.aspx?v... You can't call yourself a "professional engineer" unless you are one but if you have a CS degree you can actually become a "professional software engineer" if you go through the process, pass all the tests and meet all the requirements.