It bothers me so much that 2-4 years of taking classes about how nature works classifies you as this generic category of people as “Engineers” and they’re consi

It bothers me so much that 2-4 years of taking classes about how nature works classifies you as this generic category of people as “Engineers” and they’re considered as not capable of running for the office. The emphasis we give to our education background is so very unfair. I am trained as a mechanical engineer but I write low level C++ programs for embedded electronics. In fact I’ve done that for more than 6 years which is longer than what it took to get a ME degree. It is complete and utter bullshit that mere 4 years of your life defines your entire character for 40 years that follow. Let me put it another way: If two people are age 50 have been in public office for 36 years, one with a political science degree and the other with an engineer’s degree - does it really matter?