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I'm a EE, and a licensed PE. I wouldn't do this.

by gamad 9y ago

stephengillie 9y ago
Please excuse my ignorance - what is a licensed PE? Edit: Thanks for the answers. 2 questions: 1. Why would you not do this? 2. Were you to do this, what precautions would you take?
- gtCameron 9y ago
  Professional Engineer
- hwillis 9y ago
  Professional engineer
- planteen 9y ago
  Professional Engineer. There's an Engineer in Training certification first, typically gained by passing a Fundamentals of Engineering exam in college. Then you work for a few years under a PE and take an exam to become a PE yourself.
- gamad 9y ago
  Someone licensed by their (US) state as an Engineer, and the only person (in most states) who can legally call himself an Engineer. https://www.nspe.org/resources/licensure https://www.nspe.org/resources/licensure
  - ghaff 9y ago
    >the only person (in most states) who can legally call himself an Engineer Someone must have a PE to sign off on certain things when dealing with regulators and so forth. Which makes getting a PE in certain situations important. But not having a PE is hardly equivalent to calling yourself a lawyer if you haven't passed the bar in a state.
    - fasquoika 9y ago
      Whether or not it's equivalent is pretty irrelevant to the law
  - heartbreak 9y ago
    That’s not true for any of the United States. You can’t call yourself a Professional Engineer without being licensed, but anyone can call themselves an engineer. Train engineer, growth engineer, happiness engineer, and software engineer are all perfectly valid titles without a P.E. license.
    - shagie 9y ago
      Try calling yourself an engineer in Texas without proper licensure. http://www.mystatesman.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/their-name-the-line-texas-engineering-regulators-head-court/0iGAzVPQJo8Z2GWKFycOKI/ http://www.mystatesman.com/news/state--regional-govt--politi... And the relevant court case: http://www.soah.texas.gov/pfdsearch/pfds/460/16/460-16-0550-pfd1.pdf http://www.soah.texas.gov/pfdsearch/pfds/460/16/460-16-0550-...
      - ghaff 9y ago
        The funny thing about that is, at least when I worked in the oil business, I'm not sure I've seen another industry that threw around the "engineer" with more abandon for technicians of all stripes. I'd note that's a case where a business is representing themselves as an engineering firm and, and in some situations, it would be reasonable to expect that meant they employed licensed engineers. (The specific case is pretty silly though so is calling themselves engineers.) But individuals certainly call themselves and are called engineers all the time who aren't licensed in Texas and everyplace else.
      - cat199 9y ago
        https://www.dice.com/jobs?q=software+engineer&l=Texas https://www.dice.com/jobs?q=software+engineer&l=Texas -> 1 - 30 of 3,061 positions doesn't seem to have scared too many away from the title..
      - heartbreak 9y ago
        To this day they still call themselves Tire Engineers, even through an acquisition last spring.
- ghaff 9y ago
  I'm not sure how relevant it is as an appeal to authority measure, but in the US there is a Professional Engineer license. It's mostly relevant when you have to sign off on designs for regulatory bodies.
- weberc2 9y ago
  Professional engineer
hwillis 9y ago
I'd rather use old cells than shady new cells. New cells are the dangerous ones- manufacturing defects can make it through QA, but everything gets found after a few years of use. What area do you work in?

I'm a EE, and a licensed PE. I wouldn't do this.

by gamad 9y ago

I'm a EE, and a licensed PE. I wouldn't do this.

Please excuse my ignorance - what is a licensed PE? Edit: Thanks for the answers. 2 questions: 1. Why would you not do this? 2. Were you to do this, what precautions would you take?

gtCameron 9y ago
Professional Engineer
hwillis 9y ago
Professional engineer
planteen 9y ago
Professional Engineer. There's an Engineer in Training certification first, typically gained by passing a Fundamentals of Engineering exam in college. Then you work for a few years under a PE and take an exam to become a PE yourself.
gamad 9y ago
Someone licensed by their (US) state as an Engineer, and the only person (in most states) who can legally call himself an Engineer. https://www.nspe.org/resources/licensure https://www.nspe.org/resources/licensure
- ghaff 9y ago
  >the only person (in most states) who can legally call himself an Engineer Someone must have a PE to sign off on certain things when dealing with regulators and so forth. Which makes getting a PE in certain situations important. But not having a PE is hardly equivalent to calling yourself a lawyer if you haven't passed the bar in a state.
  - fasquoika 9y ago
    Whether or not it's equivalent is pretty irrelevant to the law
- heartbreak 9y ago
  That’s not true for any of the United States. You can’t call yourself a Professional Engineer without being licensed, but anyone can call themselves an engineer. Train engineer, growth engineer, happiness engineer, and software engineer are all perfectly valid titles without a P.E. license.
  - shagie 9y ago
    Try calling yourself an engineer in Texas without proper licensure. http://www.mystatesman.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/their-name-the-line-texas-engineering-regulators-head-court/0iGAzVPQJo8Z2GWKFycOKI/ http://www.mystatesman.com/news/state--regional-govt--politi... And the relevant court case: http://www.soah.texas.gov/pfdsearch/pfds/460/16/460-16-0550-pfd1.pdf http://www.soah.texas.gov/pfdsearch/pfds/460/16/460-16-0550-...
    - ghaff 9y ago
      The funny thing about that is, at least when I worked in the oil business, I'm not sure I've seen another industry that threw around the "engineer" with more abandon for technicians of all stripes. I'd note that's a case where a business is representing themselves as an engineering firm and, and in some situations, it would be reasonable to expect that meant they employed licensed engineers. (The specific case is pretty silly though so is calling themselves engineers.) But individuals certainly call themselves and are called engineers all the time who aren't licensed in Texas and everyplace else.
    - cat199 9y ago
      https://www.dice.com/jobs?q=software+engineer&l=Texas https://www.dice.com/jobs?q=software+engineer&l=Texas -> 1 - 30 of 3,061 positions doesn't seem to have scared too many away from the title..
    - heartbreak 9y ago
      To this day they still call themselves Tire Engineers, even through an acquisition last spring.
ghaff 9y ago
I'm not sure how relevant it is as an appeal to authority measure, but in the US there is a Professional Engineer license. It's mostly relevant when you have to sign off on designs for regulatory bodies.
weberc2 9y ago
Professional engineer

hwillis 9y ago

I'd rather use old cells than shady new cells. New cells are the dangerous ones- manufacturing defects can make it through QA, but everything gets found after a few years of use. What area do you work in?