> An engineer is defined as a practitioner of engineering, not a person with an engineering degree. It goes further than that actually. The term 'engineer' is

> An engineer is defined as a practitioner of engineering, not a person with an engineering degree. It goes further than that actually. The term 'engineer' is often legally-protected, and often a degree is a pre-requisite, but isn't the only one. This becomes important when e.g. you're building bridges. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_and_licensure_in_engineering http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_and_licensure_in_eng... for example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartered_Engineer_(UK) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartered_Engineer_(UK)