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"Build important stuff" - to predictable budget, schedule and safety outcomes is the bit you forgot. Dont care anout certification, but when you can "engineer"
by airbreather 3y ago
"Build important stuff" - to predictable budget, schedule and safety outcomes is the bit you forgot.
Dont care anout certification, but when you can "engineer" a solution that takes account those three factors you can call yourself a professional engineer.
Certain engineering standards require managed competencies, eg functional safety and equipment for explosive atmospheres, certification is probably the easiest path.
Most people who say, "meh but we are engineers because we make stuff" really don't have the first clue how engineers do engineering.
- m00x 3y agolol, predictable budget and timeline. McKinsey’s found that 98%+ of construction projects run ahead of timeline, and 80% run over budget. Software engineers also have those requirements, but we try to keep our estimates to small chunks instead of 5+ years. You're a P.Eng when you can pass your country's certification. That's it, it's just a title.
- vasco 3y agoI took EECS in university. I can work on power systems, electronics, communications, and I'd have a certification from my country's entity that regulates engineering. I can also work on hardware, software and generally programming, but for that side according to people like you I'd just be a dude flinging code around. But I have all the same training in both scenarios. Why would I be "better" at engineering if I'm looking at fiber cables or an AC generator but not python? I learned the same techniques, the same safety practices, the same thinking models.