How to qualify as one of the million "engineers"? By having a diploma? Or by being a person who's engineering stuff? I think if you are really "engineering s

How to qualify as one of the million "engineers"? By having a diploma? Or by being a person who's engineering stuff? I think if you are really "engineering stuff" in ICT on a daily basis that soon enough you can attract some employers attention. Only passing the tests for a school and having "core Java" next to "MS Word/Excel" on your resume does not land you a job. Is that a bad thing? Final note: I found that in India many families (often fathers) choose the study direction for their children; this also grows engineers-on-paper that do not really love engineering so much. Companies I know avoid hiring these. Just my .2 :)