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Curious to know more, which country, how does one get a license, and how do the non-licensed sw-s call themselves?

• agentultra 2y ago
  Canada. The license requirements are set by the provincial boards. Most of them require a certain level of education, an exam, and work experience supervised by an engineer. There are still a lot of folks here who will call themselves, "software engineer," or have it in their job title. However the Professional Engineers of Canada has successfully sued people in recent years. Some cases were defended successfully but various engineering boards are appealing them: https://globalnews.ca/news/10163565/alberta-engineers-appeal-software-engineer-court-decision/ https://globalnews.ca/news/10163565/alberta-engineers-appeal... https://engineerscanada.ca/become-an-engineer/use-of-professional-title-and-designations https://engineerscanada.ca/become-an-engineer/use-of-profess... Myself, and like minded people, use other terms like "Software Developer," instead. Personally I would like the chance to be licensed but I lack the education requirement and it seems like, in my province, they removed the equivalent work experience route. Also... these boards haven't been targeting companies lately for using the term and practising engineering without a licensed engineer on staff supervising anyone... to my knowledge at least. Software might be a different world if we were beholden to our profession rather than our employers.
  • kreetx 2y ago
    Thanks! As a fellow developer with no formal education I also feel that strictly requiring a CS or similar degree probably isn't the best way - that there should be a way to account for work experience, perhaps some kind of test. Wouldn't mind taking one myself. The further I am in my career though the less any employer seems to care where and what did I study.