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This probably highly varies by country/region, but here (Central/Northern Europe) using the title "Engineer" usually implies having an engineer's degree, which
by distances 10y ago
This probably highly varies by country/region, but here (Central/Northern Europe) using the title "Engineer" usually implies having an engineer's degree, which here is basically M.Sc. in a technical university.
- NovaS1X 10y agoYes it does here too, but for some reason in IT it doesn't matter. I don't know why this is, but there are many titles like Systems Engineer, Software Engineer, Database Engineer, Network Engineer, etc. These titles are not uncommon and they usually don't have hard requirements on degrees or group membership like "real" engineering fields such as Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering does. I know this is true in Canada, and have heard this is also true in the US, but I'm not sure about other countries. They're all skilled nonetheless.
- Daviey 10y agoI couldn't disagree more, i'm based in the UK.. but I've worked internationally with engineers varying from without college education to people with PhD's... both are competent in their area of expertise and are right in calling themselves engineers.
- distances 10y agoIn some areas use of the title "Engineer" is regulated. I'm not claiming what's right or wrong on this, just stating how things are. From Wikipedia [1]: "The practice of engineering in the UK is not a regulated profession [...] In Continental Europe, Latin America, Turkey and elsewhere the title is limited by law to people with an engineering degree and the use of the title by others is illegal." [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer#Regulation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer#Regulation