Re:Consumers Are Becoming Wise to Your Nudge
by brewdad on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @06:52PM
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Because PEs have a legal definition under the law.
Re:Consumers Are Becoming Wise to Your Nudge
by learc83 on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @08:17PM
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That's true, which is why you wouldn't put P.E. after your name or represent yourself as a Mechanical Engineer etc... No one who knows what a PE is going to be confused by someone calling themselves a software engineer, and audio engineer, or a sanitation engineer.
I understand the other argument that the job title "Engineer" is being diluted, but that ship sailed a long time ago. There are way more people with engineer in their title than there are PEs so I doubt any widespread legislative attempt to change this would be successful. And it's not just software engineers. Plenty of people working as engineers with ABET accredited engineering degrees haven't passed the PE exam either.
Re:Consumers Are Becoming Wise to Your Nudge
by fortran77 on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @09:01PM
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Because I have a state licence from a previous life as an EE.
Re:Consumers Are Becoming Wise to Your Nudge
by umanwizard on Thursday June 27, 2019 @12:57PM
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Did your state exist in 1380?
It is first found in English in 1380, when I doubt any professional certification bodies existed.
Eventually it evolved to mean what you got your license in, and then evolved further to include things like "software engineers".
Unless you build engines, the word engineer to describe what you do is etymologically inaccurate. So why is your particular stage on the path of organic evolution of this word more valid than anyone else's?