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"I'm kind of confused by everyone being called an engineer now. In my day, an engineer was somebody who had an engineering degree, like a civil or mechanical en
by 3xblah 8y ago
"I'm kind of confused by everyone being called an engineer now. In my day, an engineer was somebody who had an engineering degree, like a civil or mechanical engineer. But programmers or systems analysts weren't that. Do software engineers have engineering degrees?"
- Joan Greenbaum
- pjmlp 8y ago> Do software engineers have engineering degrees? We do, on countries where only universities acknowledged by the Engineering Order are allowed to give such degrees, and one cannot sign project contracts under that title if he/she hasn't become a member after graduation.
- User23 8y agoOn overnight "engineers": https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD11xx/EWD1165.html https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD11xx/E...
- williamdclt 8y agoWell, in France (and in other countries probably) we do. The formation is quite different from a mechanical engineer ofc, but it ticks all the checks of the CTI (the "engineer title committee").
- cat199 8y agoyay legalism! did engineers exist before there was a title and a professional society?