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Re:California passes bill that classifies gig economy worker... by throwaway_law on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @08:50AM (#20939488)
That would not apply to software developers, even if they call themselves engineers, software developers are not licensed professional engineers (i.e. civil engineers).

For example a Software Developer can't start a professional corporation in California like a lawyer, architect, civil engineer, accountant etc...

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Re:California passes bill that classifies gig economy worker... by csunbird on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @10:28AM (#20940557)
unless they have a college degree
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Re:California passes bill that classifies gig economy worker... by throwaway_law on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @10:46AM (#20940735)
a College degree != a professional license
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Re:California passes bill that classifies gig economy worker... by blackflame7000 on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @03:04PM (#20943575)
The American National Society of Professional Engineers provides a model law and lobbies legislatures to adopt occupational licensing regulations. The model law requires:

1) a four-year degree from a university program accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Committee (EAC) of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET),

2) an eight-hour examination on the fundamentals of engineering (FE) usually taken in the senior year of college,

3) four years of acceptable experience,

4) a second examination on principles and practice

5) written recommendations from other professional engineers.

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