I briefly thought about joining the ACS, but really no one that I've worked with has paid for membership (I think one person had won a membership). In software

I briefly thought about joining the ACS, but really no one that I've worked with has paid for membership (I think one person had won a membership). In software it is just not needed, especially since a lot of the people I have worked with have other degrees outside the areas of electrical/electronic engineering and computer science.