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Do you really think that requiring 4-year degrees and passing a licensing exam would make a big difference? The fact is that, outside of civil engineering which
by ghaff 2y ago
Do you really think that requiring 4-year degrees and passing a licensing exam would make a big difference? The fact is that, outside of civil engineering which involves a lot of dealing with regulatory agencies, most engineers in the US don't have PEs. I started on the path to get one because, had I stayed on my initial career path, I'd have been sending blueprints etc. to regulatory agencies but I ended up changing careers.
- acuozzo 2y agoNo, what will make the difference is being personally liable for the vulnerabilities you introduce. Not the company. You.
- ghaff 2y agoHow many individual engineers do you suppose get prosecuted for making errors--even careless ones? I'm guessing very few in the West. And I'm not even sure lopping off a head here and there to encourage the others is even a good idea.
- criddell 2y ago> How many individual engineers do you suppose get prosecuted for making errors--even careless ones? Not many but is that because they don't get sued or because professionals who face consequences for negligence make fewer stupid decisions?
- ghaff 2y agoI would assume that engineers, at least in the US, are far more concerned about getting fired/eased out than prosecuted if they do stupid things given that companies can do so pretty easily.
- criddell 2y agoWould you say the same is true for a lawyer? Are they more worried about being fired from a law firm than being sued for malpractice and being disbarred? If not, why would engineers be different?
- ghaff 2y agoI would assume that being disbarred has a pretty high standard of misconduct as opposed to simply not making partner or whatever level of action makes maintaining employment at a large law firm practical.
- jen20 2y agoLook at Sarbanes-Oxley for precedent. Management has to be made liable for sufficient cultural shift to occur.