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The author's engineering license lapsed in 2018, in 2020 he realized it had lapsed, so he renewed it and paid a late fee. He's being asked to pay a fine, take
by klodolph 4y ago
The author's engineering license lapsed in 2018, in 2020 he realized it had lapsed, so he renewed it and paid a late fee.
He's being asked to pay a fine, take an ethics course, and admit to dishonesty--because during the period when the license was lapsed, he still put "professional engineer" after his name.
It sounds like this is happening because some people are mad at him, and not because this is a serious violation that a licensing board would ordinarily punish.
- tbrownaw 4y agoWe are hearing only one side of things here. I could just as easily read that as someone who no longer practices using their license to give weight to their activism, and then it turns out they didn't even bother to actually keep up that license that they were using to get people to listen to them. If guess it probably mostly depends on if your think the lapsed license is a legitimate accident or a sign of indifference. Assuming the board is in fact usually forgiving on lapses as is suggested here.
- trgn 4y agoIt's because he is critical of the work of his peers. Forcing someone to admit to dishonesty is a petty abuse of power. The board is effectively compelling him to grovel. "It's easy to find a stick to beat a dog" "Show me the man, I'll show you the crime"