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Re:Cisco Fixes RV320/RV325 Vulnerability by Banning “curl” i... by madengr on Thursday March 28, 2019 @08:15AM (#19511397)
What is qualified in Austria? In the USA, in most states, you must be licensed to have engineering in your business name. Your name is usually suffixed with PE.
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Re:Cisco Fixes RV320/RV325 Vulnerability by Banning “curl” i... by superwayne on Thursday March 28, 2019 @08:58AM (#19511710)
To use the "Ing" title you have to have a certain education and a few years of practice. To be honest, it doesn't mean much.
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Re:Cisco Fixes RV320/RV325 Vulnerability by Banning “curl” i... by dharmab on Thursday March 28, 2019 @08:44AM (#19511598)
But in the USA you can refer to yourself generically as a Software Engineer without any formal education.
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Re:Cisco Fixes RV320/RV325 Vulnerability by Banning “curl” i... by madengr on Thursday March 28, 2019 @09:00AM (#19511727)
Yes. I don’t think there is even a PE licensing path for software, so even with a CS degree you could never become a licensed engineer. You have to work under a PE for 5 years, then take the PE exam, then CE credits.

I have an MSEE, but can’t put engineer in my title. Though Ing. sounds kind of cool.

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Re:Cisco Fixes RV320/RV325 Vulnerability by Banning “curl” i... by russnewcomer on Thursday March 28, 2019 @10:26AM (#19512484)
There actually was a PE for Software Engineering, but it is being discontinued, because almost no one took it.

https://ncees.org/ncees-discontinuing-pe-software-engineerin...

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Re:Cisco Fixes RV320/RV325 Vulnerability by Banning “curl” i... by madengr on Thursday March 28, 2019 @12:34PM (#19513831)
Wow, didn’t know they had one. I wonder how they handle the licensing as there would be no one to complete the 5 year understudy; chicken and the egg.
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