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Software Engineering is recognized as Engineering both by IEEE and by Professional Engineers of Ontario (or other provinces) who are members of Engineers Canada
by ohstopitu 10y ago
Software Engineering is recognized as Engineering both by IEEE and by Professional Engineers of Ontario (or other provinces) who are members of Engineers Canada.
Certification does exist....it's not widely used or accepted because in most cases, companies want developers not engineers.
To add to it, the only thing stopping Software Engineers from becoming members of the above mentioned organizations is a code of ethics (and experience) - not knowledge or know-how.
- naasking 10y ago> Certification does exist....it's not widely used or accepted That's an understatement. Was speaking to a fellow engineer recently, and he claimed that there are really only two licensed software engineers in all of Toronto. We probably have tens of thousands of software developers.
- ohstopitu 10y agoThe only place where I've seen the certification as a requirement is govt jobs (and UfT I believe). Apart from those two, I've yet to find even a reference for it (let alone a requirement) - which is a cycle because one of the requirements of being a PEO is 12 months of work experience under a PEO (which won't happen as there aren't enough PEOs - the chicken and egg problem).
- Panini_Jones 10y agoCan you link to the U of T job with the cert requirement?
- KeytarHero 10y ago"Engineer" is a protected title in Canada (like "Lawyer" or "Doctor", although not as strictly enforced). You can't use it unless you're a member of your province's professional engineer organization. It's incorrect to say an engineer can "become" a member of one of these organizations, because you're not legally an engineer until you are a certified member.