The most prized degree in India became the most worthless

Re:The most prized degree in India became the most worthless by umvi on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @12:10PM (#23155654)

I agree, I tend not to call myself an engineer because I don't have a PE license and never took a PE exam (though at one point I almost took the PE exam for electrical engineering). However, I was using the terminology of the article.

On a side note, when people ask what my job is, I usually say "programmer" or "software developer". For some reason I just feel uncomfortable calling myself an "engineer", I think I find it is just a bit pretentious.

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Re:The most prized degree in India became the most worthless by WilliamEdward on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @12:12PM (#23155675)

I think you're right, it just feels a little wrong to claim a title so easily when others work hard in a specific practise to earn it and have standards designated by law for it.

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Re:The most prized degree in India became the most worthless by C1sc0cat on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @12:23PM (#23155827)

Or know the right people - certainly in the UK its who you know not what you know.

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