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To me, PE means either pulmonary embolism or private equity (and I have a hard time trying to decide with one I'd rather have to deal with). Which is to say the

To me, PE means either pulmonary embolism or private equity (and I have a hard time trying to decide with one I'd rather have to deal with). Which is to say there are too many initialisms these days and I have no idea what you mean even in context, and I wish people would take the time to write out words.

selimthegrim 4y ago
Professional Engineer license
evilduck 4y ago
PE is a long-standing title for a professional engineer which requires time on the job and another rigorous test and is common vernacular if you ever intersected with an engineering school or department in college or worked with an engineer in a professional capacity. And software “engineering” doesn’t count. Would you expect MD or CPA to be spelled out every time?
- hotpotamus 4y ago
  Perhaps, but would you expect the general public to know what the initialism CCIE is, for instance? And when you say Professional Engineer, I assume it's not the kind of engineer who drives trains correct? Though I believe that is the original meaning of the word. But probably also not the kind of engineer who writes software?
  - evilduck 4y ago
    I mean, using a search engine to figure out what a CCIE was took about 10 seconds. Searching "engineer pe" and finding a contextually relevant answer wasn't any harder. Not every comment, article or book must devolve to serve the greatest common denominator.
    - hotpotamus 4y ago
      Well, when you know one of the words in a two word initialism, I suspect it helps the search engine quite a bit.
      - eternalban 4y ago
        > Well, when you know one of the words in a two word initialism, I suspect it helps the search engine quite a bit. "Most working engineers don’t even bother with a PE." Engineer is right there, no need for you know the E of PE is for engineer. https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=working+engineers+PE https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=working+engineers+PE https://search.brave.com/search?q=working+engineer+PE https://search.brave.com/search?q=working+engineer+PE https://www.google.com/search?q=working+engineer+PE https://www.google.com/search?q=working+engineer+PE You are giving off troll vibes. Maybe you are in the wrong forum? HN has been called all sorts of things but never a "general public" forum. Next time, just ask if you don't know - no shame in that.
        naniwaduni 4y ago
        "Most working engineers don’t even bother with a Professional Engineer" doesn't really sound like a reasonable utterance unless you already know what you're trying to say.
vladsanchez 4y ago
I understand, but it also shows your (in)competence.

selimthegrim 4y ago

Professional Engineer license

evilduck 4y ago

PE is a long-standing title for a professional engineer which requires time on the job and another rigorous test and is common vernacular if you ever intersected with an engineering school or department in college or worked with an engineer in a professional capacity. And software “engineering” doesn’t count. Would you expect MD or CPA to be spelled out every time?

hotpotamus 4y ago
Perhaps, but would you expect the general public to know what the initialism CCIE is, for instance? And when you say Professional Engineer, I assume it's not the kind of engineer who drives trains correct? Though I believe that is the original meaning of the word. But probably also not the kind of engineer who writes software?
- evilduck 4y ago
  I mean, using a search engine to figure out what a CCIE was took about 10 seconds. Searching "engineer pe" and finding a contextually relevant answer wasn't any harder. Not every comment, article or book must devolve to serve the greatest common denominator.
  - hotpotamus 4y ago
    Well, when you know one of the words in a two word initialism, I suspect it helps the search engine quite a bit.
    - eternalban 4y ago
      > Well, when you know one of the words in a two word initialism, I suspect it helps the search engine quite a bit. "Most working engineers don’t even bother with a PE." Engineer is right there, no need for you know the E of PE is for engineer. https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=working+engineers+PE https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=working+engineers+PE https://search.brave.com/search?q=working+engineer+PE https://search.brave.com/search?q=working+engineer+PE https://www.google.com/search?q=working+engineer+PE https://www.google.com/search?q=working+engineer+PE You are giving off troll vibes. Maybe you are in the wrong forum? HN has been called all sorts of things but never a "general public" forum. Next time, just ask if you don't know - no shame in that.
      - naniwaduni 4y ago
        "Most working engineers don’t even bother with a Professional Engineer" doesn't really sound like a reasonable utterance unless you already know what you're trying to say.

vladsanchez 4y ago

I understand, but it also shows your (in)competence.