The most prized degree in India became the most worthless

Re:The most prized degree in India became the most worthless by damnyou on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @12:18PM (#23155747)

I'm suspicious of any attempt to place so much importance on the name of a degree. I'm not even convinced there's a meaningful distinction that can be made between the two. Computer science topics like finite state machines are central to software engineering, and engineering ideas around correctness, safety and reliability form the basis of a lot of CS research.

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Re:The most prized degree in India became the most worthless by gchpaco on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @12:37PM (#23156025)

The main difference is that engineers have a code of ethics they're expected to uphold, with the threat of taking away your certification if you don't.

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Re:The most prized degree in India became the most worthless by zajio1am on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @12:47PM (#23156137)

Note that licencing is country-specific issue. Where i live 'engineer' is just an academic degree on the same level as 'master', just issued by technical university instead of 'general' university.

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Re:The most prized degree in India became the most worthless by damnyou on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @01:06PM (#23156418)

Is that a common thing in the tech world? Regardless, I'm not sure what that has to do with the name of the degree one got.

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