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Re:Programmer, developer, engineer? What do you call yoursel... by pbourke on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @02:38AM (#25263231)
In Canada you can’t (or you couldn’t - not sure if it’s changed in the last decade) call yourself an engineer unless you’re a Professional Engineer.
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Re:Programmer, developer, engineer? What do you call yoursel... by smnrchrds on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @02:58AM (#25263333)
It's more like shouldn't than can't. Legally, you are not supposed to. However, many people do and enforcement is not as strict as you might expect
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