> Ironic that this liability issue is one of the big ways that "software engineer" isn't like any other kind of engineer. In context discussed here, it general

> Ironic that this liability issue is one of the big ways that "software engineer" isn't like any other kind of engineer. In context discussed here, it generally is. Licensed engineers are independent (or at least supposed to be), which adds an otherwise interesting cross-organizational dimension, but in terms of having human in a loop, an employee with the right set of skills, deputized for this purpose by the company, is sufficient to make the organization compliant and let the liability flow elsewhere. That can be a software engineer, for matters relevant to tech solutions, but in different areas/contexts, it doesn't have to be an engineer (licensed or otherwise) at all.