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For starters, we are not licensed. And I suspect that a non-citizen couldn't get an engineering license.
by intrasight 10y ago
For starters, we are not licensed. And I suspect that a non-citizen couldn't get an engineering license.
- cyphar 10y agoIn Australia, non-citizens can get engineering licenses. The process is basically the same as a citizen (just more complicated because of visa requirements, as you would expect).
- lazyasciiart 10y agoWhat? Of course non-citizens can get an engineering license. It can be trickier if your education is from outside the US, but citizenship is not an issue.
- intrasight 10y agoI stand corrected
- sidlls 10y agoLicensing would require settling on actually understanding that software development is an engineering activity and not an extended CS 401/501 project. The industry isn't even mature enough to consider licensing either.
- paulddraper 10y agoNeither are other engineers (in the US). There are certifications (e.g. PE) but you can get a job with or without them.
- intrasight 10y agoNot so. If you are not a licensed Professional Engineer, there are jobs you can't get. And that's what I mean by "licensed".
- TheCoelacanth 10y agoThere are jobs you can't get, but there are also plenty of other engineering jobs that you can get.
- paulddraper 10y agoExactly. As opposed so say, an nurse, lawyer, or electrician. If you don't have the right piece of paper, you can't be one of those.