7 ms·
Yes, that's correct. Although is fairly easy to get accredited if you are a member in order of the state association of engineers.
by damian_brody 7y ago
Yes, that's correct. Although is fairly easy to get accredited if you are a member in order of the state association of engineers.
- TaylorAlexander 7y agoWell glad I live in California! I’m a college drop out and all self taught. Not a member of any associations. Happily doing lots of great engineering here in the states!
- jedmeyers 7y agoBut that’s not REAL engineering! You are only moving numbers around.
- OJFord 7y agoI don't know the details for Canada specifically, but I doubt not having a degree precludes you from registration - generally having one just expedites it. I'd encourage you not to discount professional bodies as irrelevant, or incapable of becoming more relevant, our industry could benefit from it in many ways - perhaps most frequently on-topic on HN is the ethical and whistle-blowing aspect. Also plenty of professional development and networking, and that only improves as more people that get involved from different (or rather one's own specific) areas.
- ckcheng 7y agoNot having a degree precludes registration... in fact, the degree must be from an engineering society accredited program, to ensure you get enough hours in front of a P.Eng prof or lecturer, among other things, I think. One Canadian university's Comp Sci dept. started offering Software Engineering program one time and it ended up in a lawsuit the outcome of which is... complicated. Canada is, I feel, very... lot of red tape. The traditional term "engineer" isn't even a very good description of software dev anyway. Software dev people should just make a new word up and abandon "Engineer".
- rswail 7y agoThe new word is "computer programmer".