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That’s not how software engineering works.... I am glad we don’t have to have “certifications” by some bureaucratic local agency to work.

• introvert0 7y ago
  You do realize you make a disservice to those who studied and worked hard to obtain a proper engineering degree, right?
  • pwinnski 7y ago
    Welcome to Hacker News. I think you might be lost. Friendly advice: Try spending some time reading posts and comments for a while to become familiar with the site before jumping in. Again, welcome.
  • username90 7y ago
    Firstly software engineer is not a protected title in most of the world. Secondly the major way to properly learn proper software engineering is to join a top company and learn on the job. I don't see software engineering degrees containing anything useful at all compared to computer science degrees, they just contain some ancient practices which most of the industry moved past ages ago. So I don't really see how someone who studied software engineering at school is more of a software engineer than a person who designs and builds distributed systems at Google.
  • erik_seaberg 7y ago
    The "Fundamentals of Engineering - Electrical and Computer" exam requires topics from differential equations to impedance in AC circuits to op-amps to frequency modulation. I would never gong a candidate for not knowing any of those things, because we write computer software; we don't make our own servers out of magnetite and sand.
• commandlinefan 7y ago
  I kind of wish we did... but it's silly to scold somebody for not having passed a test that doesn't exist.
  • Ididntdothis 7y ago
    I wouldn’t mind either...
  • Izkata 7y ago
    They did say "engineer", not "software engineer" - that one's not just an accreditation, it's legally protected (in the US at least).