10 ms·
In many jurisidictions "Engineer" is a licensed and regulated title, and their professional organizations have tried to regulate it, but lost the war. We know h
by skeeter2020 5y ago
In many jurisidictions "Engineer" is a licensed and regulated title, and their professional organizations have tried to regulate it, but lost the war. We know have actual engineering programs that focus on software and 6-week bootcamps graduating people who claim to be "Software Engineers", so add it to the list of appropriated words right next to "Geek".
- lainga 5y agoThe attitude on (mostly American) HN is against licensing bodies, as far as I've seen in the past.
- tata71 5y agoIf you saw, or were exposed to, how many thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours it takes native professionals to get licensed to do hair braiding or cutting, you'd be disenfranchised, too.
- lainga 5y agoNative professional like native-born American? In my case I pay about 300 CAD a year to EGBC and have not heard from my colleagues that getting a P.Eng in BC is a significant time-sink. You have to have 4 years of work experience, get your work certified, and then do a couple exams. I would believe dozens of hours, but not hundreds.
- emaginniss 5y agoRight, "geek" should go back to the original definition: a person who bites the head off of a chicken in a carnival show.
- mometsi 5y agoAnd he is a foole, a sotte, and a geke also, Which choseth a place vnto the same to go, And where diuers wayes lead thither directly He choseth the worst and most of ieopardie https://www.otago.ac.nz/english-linguistics/tudor/BarcEclogues.html https://www.otago.ac.nz/english-linguistics/tudor/BarcEclogu...