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...and I really wish we had a strict professional exam to use the term "engineer".
by eeZah7Ux 8y ago
...and I really wish we had a strict professional exam to use the term "engineer".
- pjc50 8y agoTo use the term, or to make software? The latter would basically be the end of startups and agility.
- eeZah7Ux 8y agoTo sign mission-critical and potentially life-critical software and provide better safety guarantees. And have a professional body to protect employees from pressure to lower quality. Just like aeronautical and construction engineering, surgery, dentistry...
- throwaway55554 8y agoMy degree is a BsCpE. Should I be allowed to call myself an engineer?
- potta_coffee 8y agoResults are what matters. Titles are meaningless.
- throwaway55554 8y agoI don't disagree with that. I was trying to make a point. I usually tell people "I program computers" when they ask what I do. I used to say "I do computers" but people are more used to computers and software now so fewer people ask, "so, you do computers?" so I had to change it up a bit.
- eeZah7Ux 8y agoThe downvotes are telling.