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Re:Yellow-Light Crusader Fined for Doing Math Without a License by GavinMcG on Sunday April 30, 2017 @07:09PM (#14234393)
Keep in mind that "not really" may be dependent on where you're at. It is divisive in some places. More so Europe than the United States.
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Re:Yellow-Light Crusader Fined for Doing Math Without a License by ghaff on Sunday April 30, 2017 @07:13PM (#14234414)
Fair enough. In the US, "engineer" is used pretty widely--including by people who are clearly not engineers. (I could name a number of examples from the oil business.)

PEs are mostly about certifications needed to sign off on things in some cases. I got an Engineer-in-Training certificate but never had the need to get a PE.

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Re:Yellow-Light Crusader Fined for Doing Math Without a License by strictnein on Sunday April 30, 2017 @07:16PM (#14234425)
Strangely, the first software dev title I got with "Engineer" in the title was from a European company. "Applications Engineer"
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