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Some engineering jobs may require a PE (http://www.nspe.org/resources/licensure/what-pe http://www.nspe.org/resources/licensure/what-pe) certificate, which--alt
by sk5t 12y ago
Some engineering jobs may require a PE (http://www.nspe.org/resources/licensure/what-pe http://www.nspe.org/resources/licensure/what-pe) certificate, which--although it appears to vary from state to state--requires a four-year engineering degree. Also, most companies in the position to hire a chemical engineer to, say, design and implement a process to distill liquid oxygen, are conservative enough not to entertain the idea of putting an uncredentialed worker on the team. When you're building a plant with the unfortunate capability to explode, poison, or asphyxiate a town, well, isn't it fair to expect that the number of autodidact engineers doing significant work on these projects is close to zero?
- abduhl 12y agoEvery state allows for substitution of experience for education. Unfortunately, the substitution rate is generally on the order of 10 years of experience or more counting similar to a 4 year degree from an accredited program. There are also very strict laws for anything that touches the public from the engineering standpoint and also many insurance companies won't touch you without licensure. This will catch up to software engineers some time in the future I imagine and a licensed engineer will be required to oversee and sign off on products just like in other engineering disciplines. As a tangent, it is actually illegal to call yourself or portray yourself as an engineer without being licensed by the state as such.