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Stop trying to use your "registered professional traffic engineer" title as a labor monopoly. It doesn't even mean you are good at your job.
by valuearb 9y ago
Stop trying to use your "registered professional traffic engineer" title as a labor monopoly. It doesn't even mean you are good at your job.
- bredren 9y agoI’m sure the professional traffic engineers association would have strong words in reply to your comment.
- valuearb 9y agoOf course they would, it's the association's job to prevent their work to exclude others from their business being exposed.
- takk309 9y agoIt is not meant to create a labor monopoly any more than a medical doctors licence. Registration as an engineer is so that one can prove that they have the requisite knowledge and competency to perform the work required of them. Without registration, what legal assurances would you have that the engineer is capable of his job?
- whatthesmack 9y agoThe same as any other job, like mine as a Site Reliability Engineer? A resume, a degree that can be validated, experience and knowledge that demonstrate competence, references, reputation, etc. Why does the state need to be the official signer-off on who can do a certain job?
- valuearb 9y agoIt's main purpose is to create a labor monopoly, just as doctors licenses are. And there is zero legal assurance that a Professional Engineer or a Medical Doctor can do their jobs competently. Certifications are fine, if done by private organizations. Those certifications have to prove their value in the marketplace, to customers, or they'll become worthless. When the boot heel of government is used to give certifications the force of law is when they run off the rails, and allow small groups to impose arbitrary rules to exclude valuable practitioners.