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Re:Types of Engineers by okhudeira on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @02:28PM (#13376737)
Author here.

I had no idea that this is a sensitive topic. I personally have family members that are civil engineers and understand the difficulty with acquiring a PE. I went ahead and modified the title.

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Re:Types of Engineers by asdfjaflswjafs on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @02:51PM (#13376909)
Sorry just to be clear I didn't meant to criticize your article, it's just one example of a general cultural tendency that I was somewhat unhappy about.
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Re:Types of Engineers by bavcyc on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @07:22PM (#13378795)
As an Electrical P.E., it didn't bother me per se; but it is interesting to consider all the different ways engineer is used in English.
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