Professional engineer here, by education and trade. The computer game "Civilization" by Sid Meier provides a succinct definition of what engineering is: engin

Professional engineer here, by education and trade. The computer game "Civilization" by Sid Meier provides a succinct definition of what engineering is: engineering is an application of scientific theories and methodology to solving real world problems. (Perhaps not in those exact words, but you get the idea.) There are two major flaws with the article: 1. the author assumes that licensing is the result of legal requirements, whereas in reality, state licensing exams exist to ensure that licensees all have the same common denominator of standardized, required knowledge to perform adequately and correctly within their profession; 2. core part of the engineering process is writing formalized requirements and specifications stemming from those requirements, but the article skips this, the most important aspect of engineering: "The third quality will be discussed in the next essay."