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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

• 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.